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DoorDashAbandoned promises to protect immigrant delivery workers in Trump's second term

Unlike in 2017 when DoorDash CEO promised free food to lawyers supporting immigrants and refugees, the company has been silent on immigration in Trump's second term. While delivery workers—many of them immigrants—continue doing the actual delivering, DoorDash and other delivery companies are offering no immigration help or legal support, despite earlier commitments.

Scoring Impact

TopicDirectionRelevanceContribution
Immigration Openness-againstprimary-1.00
Worker Rights-againstsecondary-0.50
Overall incident score =-0.322

Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.57)× agency (reactive ×0.75)

Evidence (1 signal)

Confirms Policy Change Mar 1, 2025 documented

Abandoned promises to protect immigrant delivery workers in Trump's second term

Unlike in 2017 when DoorDash CEO promised free food to lawyers supporting immigrants and refugees, the company has been silent on immigration in Trump's second term. While delivery workers—many of them immigrants—continue doing the actual delivering, DoorDash and other delivery companies are offering no immigration help or legal support, despite earlier commitments.

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