ST.PAUL, Minn. — Governor Tim Walz said that the state government is limited in how to help an estimated 450 immigrant workers who are losing their jobs at the soon-to-close HyLife pork slaughterhouse in Windom. The immigrants hold a type of visa that requires deportation if they’re not employed. Walz acknowledged deportation as a decency issue but noted it can be addressed only by the federal government. Walz did note, however, that the workers are entitled to state unemployment benefits. In all, the plant has 1,000 employees, most of whom are U.S. citizens and also are eligible for unemployment aid. The plant’s wner, HyLife of Canada, has lost the plant to bankruptcy
