Georgia Hyundai Plant ICE Raid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Their visas expired.

Republicans canceled their visas minutes before the raid.

[Anonymous]

Trump doesn't care. AND it makes Kim Jong Un very happy and we know how Donny feels about Kim. One dictator to another.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Oops! Kristi Noem was wrong.

Work across at least 22 Korean projects in the US halted after raid.

“The $4.3 billion joint venture battery facility, among the largest projects in Georgia and is expected to create 8,500 jobs, was scheduled for completion later this year to supply battery cells to Hyundai’s nearby EV factory, Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America LLC (HMGMA).
Construction work on the site was suspended following the raid.

The incident has thrown Korea’s flagship investment projects in the US into disarray.
Sources said at least 22 other factory sites involving Korean business groups, in autos, shipbuilding, steel and electrical equipment, have been nearly halted.”
https://www.kedglobal.com...2509080002

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Korean companies with US interests have frozen travel plans and recalled staff already in the US over fears of further raids. “Korean workers are being treated like criminals for building factories that Washington itself lobbied for,” said a company executive in Seoul. “If this continues, investment in the US could be reconsidered.”

S. Korea is a stalwart ally. An ICE raid was not the right way to handle this matter.

This! Whatever the problem, an ICE raid was not the solution. If -- *if* -- Hyundai was not hiring American to the extent promised, then deal with that at the corporate level. Detaining a bunch of workers was cruel.

Why is ICE letting these Koreans go? Why not put them in camps and force them to build the plants at gun point? Once the plant is built Trump can declare EV batteries illegal and shut down the plant!

This would boost Trump’s flagging support with Republicans and it would encourage more manufacturing investments in the US. Remember the US economy is 10% manufacturing and there are not enough workers.

Sadly people would probably cheer this on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oops! Kristi Noem was wrong.

Work across at least 22 Korean projects in the US halted after raid.

“The $4.3 billion joint venture battery facility, among the largest projects in Georgia and is expected to create 8,500 jobs, was scheduled for completion later this year to supply battery cells to Hyundai’s nearby EV factory, Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America LLC (HMGMA).
Construction work on the site was suspended following the raid.

The incident has thrown Korea’s flagship investment projects in the US into disarray.
Sources said at least 22 other factory sites involving Korean business groups, in autos, shipbuilding, steel and electrical equipment, have been nearly halted.”
https://www.kedglobal.com...2509080002

Also from the article...

Korean companies with US interests have frozen travel plans and recalled staff already in the US over fears of further raids. “Korean workers are being treated like criminals for building factories that Washington itself lobbied for,” said a company executive in Seoul. “If this continues, investment in the US could be reconsidered.”

S. Korea is a stalwart ally. An ICE raid was not the right way to handle this matter.

This! Whatever the problem, an ICE raid was not the solution. If -- *if* -- Hyundai was not hiring American to the extent promised, then deal with that at the corporate level. Detaining a bunch of workers was cruel.

Why is ICE letting these Koreans go? Why not put them in camps and force them to build the plants at gun point? Once the plant is built Trump can declare EV batteries illegal and shut down the plant!

This would boost Trump’s flagging support with Republicans and it would encourage more manufacturing investments in the US. Remember the US economy is 10% manufacturing and there are not enough workers.

Sadly people would probably cheer this on.

Just tell him that they were building windmills, it activates his dementia agitation.

[Anonymous]

No one is moving from Seoul to live in Georgia. I doubt any of these workers had any intention of living in the U.S. any longer than it took to get the factory set up.

[Anonymous]

https://www.reddit.com/r/korea/comments/1n9upqu/american_woman_running_for_congress_tori_branum/

American woman running for Congress, Tori Branum, claims responsibility for Hyundai site ICE raid & her comments on it.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:For the edification of the poster who keeps posting false information (and whose posts I have been removing), a B-1 visa is called a "Temporary Business Visitor," not a "tourist visa".

https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/temporary-visitors-for-business/b-1-temporary-business-visitor

B-1 Temporary Business Visitor

You may be eligible for a B-1 visa if you will be participating in business activities of a commercial or professional nature in the United States, including, but not limited to:

• Consulting with business associates
• Traveling for a scientific, educational, professional or business convention, or a conference on specific dates
• Settling an estate
• Negotiating a contract
• Participating in short-term training
• Transiting through the United States: certain persons may transit the United States with a B-1 visa
• Deadheading: certain air crewmen may enter the United States as deadhead crew with a B-1 visa

So, you don't approve of those, but you approve of the Elon style pedo slander?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one is moving from Seoul to live in Georgia. I doubt any of these workers had any intention of living in the U.S. any longer than it took to get the factory set up.

Can you imagine going from living in a first world technologically advanced city to living in Ellabell, Georgia?

The Koreans probably felt like they were visiting the zoo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one is moving from Seoul to live in Georgia. I doubt any of these workers had any intention of living in the U.S. any longer than it took to get the factory set up.

Exactly, why would Georgia look good to them?

It's a job; most people would rather live in South Korea than Georgia at this point. They were there to do a job and get the plant set up so poorer people from Georgia could mostly work there for lower wages than they would have to pay in Korea.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:For the edification of the poster who keeps posting false information (and whose posts I have been removing), a B-1 visa is called a "Temporary Business Visitor," not a "tourist visa".

https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/temporary-visitors-for-business/b-1-temporary-business-visitor

B-1 Temporary Business Visitor

You may be eligible for a B-1 visa if you will be participating in business activities of a commercial or professional nature in the United States, including, but not limited to:

• Consulting with business associates
• Traveling for a scientific, educational, professional or business convention, or a conference on specific dates
• Settling an estate
• Negotiating a contract
• Participating in short-term training
• Transiting through the United States: certain persons may transit the United States with a B-1 visa
• Deadheading: certain air crewmen may enter the United States as deadhead crew with a B-1 visa

So, you don't approve of those, but you approve of the Elon style pedo slander?

I sorry but have you suffered brain damage? What the hell are you talking about? Elon has nothing to do with this thread. Try to stay on topic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one is moving from Seoul to live in Georgia. I doubt any of these workers had any intention of living in the U.S. any longer than it took to get the factory set up.

Exactly, why would Georgia look good to them?

It's a job; most people would rather live in South Korea than Georgia at this point. They were there to do a job and get the plant set up so poorer people from Georgia could mostly work there for lower wages than they would have to pay in Korea.

Wonder if South Korea will crack down on American businesses in South Korea? Maybe arrest 300 US citizens working for PJ Morgan, Google, McKinsey, etc working in South Korea? Trump could do a prisoner swap? This would be on brand for maga.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one is moving from Seoul to live in Georgia. I doubt any of these workers had any intention of living in the U.S. any longer than it took to get the factory set up.

Korean population is growing significantly in Georgia over the years, slowly but steady.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Their visas expired.

*citation needed

[Anonymous]

When Gov. Brian Kemp announced a Hyundai Motor Group electric vehicle factory on a sandy site near Savannah in 2022, it was hailed as the largest economic development project in state history — and the centerpiece of his push to make Georgia the hub of U.S. EV manufacturing.

What started as a roughly $5.5 billion project soon grew to a proposed $7.6 billion investment and then to $12.6 billion when Korean giant LG Energy Solutions joined as a partner on an adjacent battery factory.

https://www.ajc.com/politics/2025/09/how-a-raid-turned-hyundai-kemps-biggest-jobs-push-into-a-political-thicket/

Now Kemp and all the Georgia republicans are against the plant opening. This is crazy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one is moving from Seoul to live in Georgia. I doubt any of these workers had any intention of living in the U.S. any longer than it took to get the factory set up.

Korean population is growing significantly in Georgia over the years, slowly but steady.

Not any more.