Former Job Corps students and staff are left confused as to what comes next after the Trump administration paused the program.One former Laredo Job Corps employee said that for days, rumors had been circulating about the program being cut before staff were eventually told they’d have 30 days to finish their contracts and wrap up student certifications.

More than 400 employees and students at Albuquerque and Roswell campuses are impacted, according to the NM Department of Workforce Solutions.

The high school graduation ceremony June 3 at Sierra Nevada Job Corps was bittersweet. It might be the last one ever after the Trump administration recently ordered all funding be ended for the federal Job Corps program. It educates and trains at-risk youth in vocational trades such as construction, nursing and auto mechanics.