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The mi­grant labour sit­u­a­tion cur­rent­ly un­fold­ing in T&T bears strik­ing sim­i­lar­i­ties to the cri­sis in the Unit­ed States.

In both coun­tries, sud­den re­duc­tions in mi­grant labour have trig­gered eco­nom­ic strain, par­tic­u­lar­ly in sec­tors that re­ly heav­i­ly on low-wage, man­u­al work­ers.

In T&T, the Gov­ern­ment’s de­ci­sion to slash work per­mits for Venezue­lan na­tion­als by over 80 per­cent—from 4,275 in 2024 to just 757 in 2025—has sent con­cern through in­dus­tries de­pen­dent on for­eign labour.