Posted on 09/06/2025 11:51:08 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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.
The White House defended the operation, dismissing concerns that the raid could deter foreign investment.
"They were illegal aliens and ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] was just doing its job," President Donald Trump said following the raids on Friday.
Video released by ICE officials showed Asian workers shackled in front of a building, with some wearing yellow vests with names such as "Hyundai" and "LG CNS".
"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.
"This operation sends a clear message that those who exploit the system and undermine our workforce will be held accountable," Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent Steven Schrank said in a statement on Saturday.
South Korea, a close US ally, has pledged tens of billions of dollars in American manufacturing investment, partly to offset tariffs.
The timing of the raid, as the two governments engage in sensitive trade talks, has raised concern in Seoul.
Trump has actively encouraged major investments from other countries while also tightening visa allocations for foreign companies.
Many of the LG employees arrested were on business trips with various visas or under a visa waiver programme, officials say.
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“You stay on front line, Joe! We make battery in America!”
Don’t send your illegals over here.
Uhhhhhhh.........what?
Why are the Koreans being so uppity? Theirs was an agricultural shithole that we elevated after the Korean War. Today it is an industrial giant, and their cities are cleaner, safer, and more modernized and run more efficiently than ours. Their women dress better and have no tattoos, and they are a hard working people that have climbed the tail of the Asian tiger economy over the past generation. Still, they need to show some gratitude to their Uncle.
South Korea held an “emergency meeting” wrt to the arrests of hundreds of its
citizens here illegally in a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in the US.
From what I’ve seen on other sites those arrested were on tourist or training visas, neither of which allow them to work. You want them to work, spend the time and get the right visa. It’s as simple as that.
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I guess it wont matter if they shut down the plant in protest since they have their own illegals staffing it.
Good, Kemp is exposed again.
WE.DONT.WANT.THEM. AMERICANS.NEED.THOSE.JOBS!
They are getting tourist visas and coming over here working. Against the rules, kemosabe.
They are in deep kimchi now!!
WE.DONT.WANT.THEM. AMERICANS.NEED.THOSE.JOBS!
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Trump is peeling back the layers of foreign countries taking advantage of us layer by layer.
Their new president is a commie supported by the CCP.
They don’t need to send ‘diplomats’ just a couple of chartered wide body aircraft to pick them up and return them home.
There is no way a mega like hyundai didn’t know it is illegal to work on a non-work visa. This was an organized evasion of law.
Why didn’t they just get work visas in the first place?
Exactly. They knew what they were doing. Some unsavory types were making money off of this.
They can lose the indignation.
They are getting “tourist visas” and coming over here “to work”....
Kickbacks to govt came to mind while reading about the govt “reaction.”
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