The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry is investigating HyLife Foods in Windom for potential wage and hour violations, including unpaid wages. The new investigation could offer hundreds of former HyLife immigrant visa workers a way to stay in the U.S. legally.
Earlier this month, 5 EYEWITNESS News reported that nearly 500 visa immigrant workers at HyLife Foods were terminated from their job after the pork plant filed for bankruptcy. The closure left those foreign workers ten days to either find a different employer that accepts H2B visa employees or go back to their country.
Owner of Kivu Law and immigration lawyer Erin Schutte Wadzinski has been a critical resource for those facing immigration challenges. Most recently, Schutte Wadzinski has given guidance to those that were laid off at HyLife Foods.
“The uncertainty of it all has really taken a toll on individuals,” said Schutte Wadzinski. “They were sent into a scramble to explore other avenues to maintain lawful status in the United States.”
The immigration lawyer said she’s read the June 6 letter the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) sent to Homeland Security. In part, the letter states, “The exercise of prosecutorial discretion and the granting of work authorization would be vital in this investigation to instill in impacted workers the necessary security and stability to continue to exercise their rights and to assist in DLI’s investigation.”
In other words, DLI is asking Homeland Security to...
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