An employer that has welcomed immigrants loses workers as policies change

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President Trump is trying to remove millions of immigrants from the United States, including many who entered the country lawfully under President Biden and had authorization to work. Court challenges have slowed Trump's efforts, and still, employers are losing workers as a result. One part of the country that's welcomed large numbers of immigrants in recent years is feeling the hit. NPR's Andrea Hsu reports from Louisville, Kentucky.

ANDREA HSU, BYLINE: At the sprawling GE Appliance Park, Julie Wood takes me to see how washers and dryers are made. You have giant stamping presses that turn rolls of steel into familiar parts.

(SOUNDBITE OF MACHINES RUNNING)

JULIE WOOD: The lids and all the different metal pieces that come together.

HSU: On another line, workers mov