McCranie, who moved to Chicago after working at a nonprofit in Alabama, was a probationary employee who lacked the job protections of veteran union workers. She was one of dozens of EPA scientists and other staff in Chicago to lose their jobs Friday.

The United States’ Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, on Friday said it has terminated 388 employees hired over the last two years. EPA spokesperson, Molly Vaseliou made this disclosure in a statement on Friday Vaseliou said the termination exercise will align its workforce with President Donald Trump’s energy dominance policy agenda.

The terminated workers are worried not only for themselves, but for what the layoffs could mean for the populations they serve.