Deporation - Not Just for Spanish people any more
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yvjnp295xo
South Korea's government has held an emergency meeting and vowed to swiftly respond to the arrests of hundreds of its citizens in a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in the US.
Seoul has dispatched diplomats to the site in Georgia, while LG Energy Solution, which operates the plant with Hyundai, said it was suspending most business trips to the US.
US officials detained 475 people - mostly South Korean nationals - who they said were found to be illegally working at the battery facility, one of the largest foreign investment projects in the state.
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Many of the LG employees arrested were on business trips with various visas or under a visa waiver programme, (Korean) officials say.
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So 450 people detained, of which 30 had Visas? That means 420 without? Are we burying lead here?
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I think that @LuFins-Dad has a good point. Hyundai and LG have to have a lot responsibility for this.
However, as big of a economic plant this is in Georgia, it could have/should have been handled better.
And as @jon-nyc says, hate to have any "erosion" in US-ROK relations and have ROK improve things with PRC.
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https://www.ft.com/content/c677b9aa-2e89-4feb-a56f-f3c8452b3674
Several people familiar with Korean conglomerates in the US said it was an “open secret” that they and their subcontractors used the B-1 visa, which allows entry to the US for business purposes but does not allow the holder to work for payment, as well as the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) system that facilitates short-term business visits.
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A senior South Korean official said the companies had been placed in an “impossible position”, as successive US governments pushed them to invest billions of dollars in reviving American industry while refusing to facilitate short-term working visas for projects to be completed on time.
“The US government is two-faced,” said Chang Sang-sik, head of research at the Korea International Trade Association. “It is asking Korea to invest more in the US, while treating Korean workers like criminals even when it is well aware that they are needed for these projects to happen.”
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@jon-nyc Not surprising.
I wonder how much something like this will impact the TSCM chip factory in Arizona
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Maybe the above was a bit "over the top" but not completely unrealistic.
Per the ROK president
President Lee Jae Myung said on Thursday a U.S. immigration raid resulting in the detention of hundreds of workers at a Hyundai Motor business project could have an impact on U.S. investment decisions made by Korean companies.
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Tabarrok's claim about how "many Americans" would react if a foreign country rounded up a bunch of American illegals, was the absurd part. I acknowledge that prepared remarks from Korea's president might do some light posturing about being a little miffed, but of course that will come to nothing.
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@jon-nyc that is true. It just shows how strong a "hold" he has on the Republics. He can change his mind 180 degrees, and the same people who were cheering his previous choice would be just as loud cheering his 180 different choice.
