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18. you believe they were 'wrong'
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 11:33 AM
Sep 2025

...based in the abusive laws and regulations which have long been at the discretion of the government to enforce, applied by this administration to the degree that they're putting workers in chains and calling them criminals.

You characterize them whatever way you want, project whatever expectations that make you feel comfortable with the position you take about enforcement of the law in this case.

That doesn't make any of this right, and you can argue the law from here to eternity and you won't get a bit of agreement from me that people coming here to seek work and raise families are criminals because they haven't filled out the right form, or overstayed their visas.

They work in the factories that provide economic benefit to Georgia and the U.S., and pay consumption taxes without the benefits of citizenship, and support the local economy with what they spend.

I don't understand posturing against them like they deserve this treatment, but I do understand that this has been made into an accepted American attitude by politicians and others who can't see past their own antipathies toward foreigners who live and work here.

If Georgia residents want those jobs, they should be racing for the employment office. We'll see... I mean I'll see, because after the dust settles here, most people complaining about these foreign nationals working won't care a bit about the economy in Georgia, or this plant's success to bother to look.

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The laws of unintended consequences? An inability see beyond his nose? The notion all things happen in a vacuum? marble falls Sep 2025 #1
Drump and his thuglican trash live in a Bizarro World...Down is Up and Right is Left... wcmagumba Sep 2025 #2
He's still mad that they didn't give him his fake votes newdeal2 Sep 2025 #3
The claim is those workers were in the US on visitor/tourist visas, not work visas Fiendish Thingy Sep 2025 #4
I dont believe it for a second drray23 Sep 2025 #6
Funny thing is... Fiendish Thingy Sep 2025 #11
they're workers, not criminals bigtree Sep 2025 #15
What kind of jobs are going unfilled in GA? Fiendish Thingy Sep 2025 #17
you believe they were 'wrong' bigtree Sep 2025 #18
I don't consider them criminals deserving incarceration Fiendish Thingy Sep 2025 #20
are you sure they 'circumvented U.S. laws?' bigtree Sep 2025 #24
You're the one making the assertions Fiendish Thingy Sep 2025 #26
if you're arguing that's what's happening here you're just plain wrong bigtree Sep 2025 #28
You're right - Hyundai should have been able to bring over workers to train the US crew Fiendish Thingy Sep 2025 #30
From what I've read this am, it does appear they didn't have "worker visas." harumph Sep 2025 #22
And my guess is the Trump administration is counting those 475 jobs taken by Koreans Fiendish Thingy Sep 2025 #23
$350 billion in promised investments bigtree Sep 2025 #25
we used to value these workers bigtree Sep 2025 #8
I wonder if they were on the visa waiver program Retrograde Sep 2025 #29
Clearly there is more to the story that we don't yet know Fiendish Thingy Sep 2025 #31
Dunno - I think it was the official way Retrograde Sep 2025 #33
Trump himself is acknowlegding this bigtree Sep 2025 #35
Yep. Donald Trump has declared war on the country over which he presides. tanyev Sep 2025 #5
For his puppeteer Putin. Cha Sep 2025 #27
Retaliation against MTG Blue Full Moon Sep 2025 #7
and Kemp bigtree Sep 2025 #9
so they're getting sent home bigtree Sep 2025 #10
Don't worry! Hyundai is on the case! Heidi Sep 2025 #12
like every business operating under this fascist regime bigtree Sep 2025 #13
I guess there are plenty of foxes to go around. Heidi Sep 2025 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree Sep 2025 #16
Kim Jong Il died in 2011. Celerity Sep 2025 #19
trumpy hoping for another love letter. republianmushroom Sep 2025 #21
Jong il is six feet under. Jong un is the current leader of the hermit kingdom. Jacson6 Sep 2025 #32
who cares what his name is? bigtree Sep 2025 #34
For those who think Hyundai broke the rules mainer Sep 2025 #36
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