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MichMan

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9. The Georgia AFL-CIO president stated they supported the Korean workers
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 10:18 AM
Sep 2025

Surprising that the AFL-CIO would support non union foreign workers at a construction site.

The president of Georgia's chapter of the AFL-CIO called the raid politically motivated and said ICE has been escalating its presence at workplaces across the state.

"This raid is the latest in an ongoing campaign of harassment that has targeted immigrant Georgians as they try to earn an honest living," Yvonne Brooks said in a statement. "Arresting and detaining workers, who are exploited every day and risk their lives every day on the job, creates an atmosphere of fear that terrorizes workers and their families and increases the workload burden on their coworkers."


https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/475-people-detained-in-raid-by-ice-other-agencies-at-hyundai-site-in-georgia/ar-AA1LWtrI?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=LCTS&cvid=68bc310fba8f4332b74347d63a61d997&ei=18

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I hate everything tRUMP, BUT!!!! wolfie001 Sep 2025 #1
The Georgia AFL-CIO president stated they supported the Korean workers MichMan Sep 2025 #9
I am guessing it was part of the deal with their governor to bring the plant there. travelingthrulife Sep 2025 #10
American worker in an auto plant: wolfie001 Sep 2025 #23
Don't worry, MAGA encourages underpaying and screwing US workers too IronLionZion Sep 2025 #20
Zero argument from me wolfie001 Sep 2025 #24
Where's your proof that was being done here? Callie1979 Sep 2025 #30
No proof wolfie001 Sep 2025 #35
I read elsewhere . . . AverageOldGuy Sep 2025 #2
I expect there is some bribe or extortion behind this. yardwork Sep 2025 #3
To open the plant you mean? TommyT139 Sep 2025 #5
Obviously, they meant a Trump scheme. IrishAfricanAmerican Sep 2025 #7
Why would it take a bribe to bring in your workers? Callie1979 Sep 2025 #31
No, that's not what I meant. yardwork Sep 2025 #36
Per usual. Hope22 Sep 2025 #6
My thinking. Everything Trump does is for his own personal benefit... ananda Sep 2025 #17
The reports I saw stated most were here under a visitor visa which does not permit working. MichMan Sep 2025 #8
Was the report specific? Or just vague "visitor visa"? muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 #13
As far as I know, visitor visa holders are not permitted to work regardless of the 90 days. MichMan Sep 2025 #15
Exactly SickOfTheOnePct Sep 2025 #26
I doubt that ICE is making those distinctions. A big capital investment, speed matters, so people are needed lostnfound Sep 2025 #29
They can have those people SickOfTheOnePct Sep 2025 #34
I'm pretty sure... SickOfTheOnePct Sep 2025 #25
I don't believe a word this administration says. yardwork Sep 2025 #37
They do know this, but they have quotas to meet so they scoop up everyone. travelingthrulife Sep 2025 #11
but if they go back to SK, they'll just crow the they WERE breaking the law. Callie1979 Sep 2025 #32
It's very easy to violate visa terms IronLionZion Sep 2025 #21
Yep SickOfTheOnePct Sep 2025 #27
They were "swept up" iow... littlemissmartypants Sep 2025 #28
How much did South Korea pay Trump to release the hostages? Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #4
People routinely get deported back to their home countries unless they refuse to take them back MichMan Sep 2025 #12
I am not talking about when or where. I am talking about how much Trump made on Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #16
We know he got something. bluestarone Sep 2025 #18
I'd like to see ICE raid the Samsung plants in San Jose RainCaster Sep 2025 #14
Shutting down an electric vehicle plant was a bonus Bayard Sep 2025 #19
If I controlled Hyundai BidenRocks Sep 2025 #22
Good thing you don't MichMan Sep 2025 #38
I don't trust anything this administration, and especially ICE does. mackdaddy Sep 2025 #33
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