OTTUMWA, Iowa (KCRG) - The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) shared a statement Friday after 200 JBS workers had their visas revoked .

Last week, at least 200 workers at JBS, a meat packing plant in Ottumwa, had their visas revoked and are now being forced to leave the country.

Workers from Haiti, Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua were impacted. Ottumwa Mayor Rick Johnson said JBS is providing the workers with $1,000 dollars each to help them self-deport.

LULAC released a statement on the situation, in which the organization calls the current administration’s “decision to terminate the legal status of legal worker visas ... a devastating blow to the economic recovery of Ottumwa.”

According to LULAC, these policy changes come at a difficult time for Ottumwa, a community th

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