In Lakeland, Florida, a more intimate joy is palpable as

. But after Presidentmoved to end legal pathways that

like the Jeans have used, their future — as well as the future of the communities and industries they are a part of — is uncertain.“We are not criminals. We’re not taking American jobs,” said Jean, whose work moving meat and other products doesn’t attract as many U.S.-born drivers as it once did.He’s been making more money than he ever imagined. He’s discovered the joys of Bud Light, fishing and the Dallas Cowboys. When she’s not at one of her two food service jobs, his wife, Sherlie, works on her English by reading paperback romances, the covers awash in swooning women.

“We did everything that they required us to do, and now we’re being targeted.”Haitian immigrant Nicole, who works for a meat processing plant, shows an email terminating her parole, April 13, 2025, in Dumas, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Haitian immigrant Nicole, who works for a meat processing plant, shows an email terminating her parole, April 13, 2025, in Dumas, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

The message was blunt.Immigration officers also

from Turkey outside Boston this week, and Trump and other officials have said thatof international students are coming.

“Now they’re using tools of the state to actually go after people,” said a Columbia graduate student from South Asia who has been active in protests and spoke on condition of anonymity because of concerns about losing her visa. “We suddenly feel like we’re being forced to think about our survival.”Ayoub said he is concerned, in part, that groups bent on exposing pro-Palestinian activists will make mistakes and single out students who did nothing wrong.