Some health and home care providers in Massachusetts have recently laid off staff because of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration, according to advocates and employer associations.

One service provider reached out to Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts after receiving a Department of Homeland Security notice asking it to verify the employment documents of hundreds of its aides in the United States under a parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, who recently lost their legal status during an ongoing court battle.

“The concern was that they were going to have to terminate hundreds of them,” said Jake Krilovich, executive director of the group.

Medical assistant Mileyda Cruz speaks to reporters and advocates about her fears of having her work permit

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