Raid on Hyundai plant in US swept up workers on visitor visas

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Many of the car workers arrested in a huge US workplace immigration raid had violated their visitor visas, officials say.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said 475 people, mostly South Korean citizens - were found to be illegally working at a Hyundai battery plant in the state of Georgia on Thursday.

"People on short-term or recreational visas are not authorized to work in the US," ICE said, adding that the raid was necessary to protect American jobs.

South Korea, whose companies have promised to invest billions of dollars in key US industries in the coming years, partly to avoid tariffs, has sent diplomats to Georgia, and called for its citizens' rights to be respected.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ice-raid-hyundai-plant-georgia-021501258.html

[Walleye]

1. Trump will trash his own economy because he hates electric vehicles and green energy so much

It’s irrational and everybody knows it but they’re letting him get away with it. Does ICE ever answer to anybody? They never bothered to coordinate with locals or anything or even the state department.

[thomski64]

2. ..good luck getting the rights..

..of Korean citizens respected, with an administration without respect for it's own citizens. Or norms,or rules or laws, or precedent, or civility, or decency, or truth or reality.....

[Renew Deal]

3. The government would be right to crack down if a corporation has people working

On tourist visas.

[haele]

6. There are several different types of work visas...

I'm really surprised that a major international industrial country like South Korea or any major international corporations like LG or Hyundai would make a mistake on the type of visas they're getting for their workforce before they head to the US...
However, I can see members of this Administration just randomly deciding that it doesn't matter, and they're going to deport even valid visa holders for any reason if they want to for spurious political theater.

[MichMan]

8. They were likely working for a contractor, not Hyundai

The plant is under construction, it isn't operational

[MrWowWow]

4. Why is the Employer Never Prosecuted?

It is like arresting the illicit drug user and not the dealer.

[Renew Deal]

7. I''m wondering the same thing

None of this story makes a lot of sense. If the corporation orchestrated it, then why go after individuals? There's no way this many people are working without someone making a mistake, whether it's the company or the government. It's also possible that Trump changed things to make this situation illegal.

[Initech]

5. Could we just raid ICE and round them up? Nothing of value would be lost.