Historical ICE raid in Georgia

[Oompa Loompa]

475 detained in ICE raid at Ga. plant, one of the biggest ever

U.S. immigration authorities raided the sprawling site where Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles in southeast Georgia.

www.wrdw.com

SAVANNAH, Ga. - About 475 people were detained during an immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles, according to a Homeland Security official.

Steven Schrank with Homeland Security Investigations said at a news briefing Friday that the majority of the people detained were from South Korea.

“This operation underscores our commitment to jobs for Georgians and Americans,” Schrank said. “This was in fact the largest single-site enforcement operation in the history of Homeland Security Investigations.”

Schrank said the majority of those arrested were Korean nationals and those who entered the U.S. illegally did so through a variety of means.

“Some that illegally crossed the border into the United States, some that came in through visa waiver and were prohibited from working, some had visas and overstayed their visas,” he said.

Looks like illegal South Korean's are not safe either.

 

[Pommer]

I’m sure that the facility will have no problem staffing the 5% of workers lost in this raid…any fines coming for Hyundai USA?

 

[Oompa Loompa]

I’m sure that the facility will have no problem staffing the 5% of workers lost in this raid…any fines coming for Hyundai USA?

I agree. That just means there are 475 new job opportunities for US citizens in Georgia. Also, I have not heard of any fines for Hyundai USA.

 

[Tuur]

A lot of times it's handy to look for news sources closes to events. Found this one:

Illegal labor, exploitation of workers at center of Hyundai megasite raid

Note the allegations of major safety hazards.

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

I’m sure that the facility will have no problem staffing the 5% of workers lost in this raid…any fines coming for Hyundai USA?

We will see, The Trump supporters, that I know won't allow their kids to do these jobs.

 

[Oompa Loompa]

We will see, The Trump supporters, that I know won't allow their kids to do these jobs.

Doubt. Highly.

 

[Tuur]

We will see, The Trump supporters, that I know won't allow their kids to do these jobs.

You ought to have seen some of the scaffolding we came up with to do work high off the ground (residential construction). I doubt it was legal then; it sure wouldn't be legal now.

Here's the interesting thing: Growing up, I worked several jobs in the top ten most dangerous at the time. No biggee: If you lived in a rural area, that's the jobs available. And locally, not many people supported Biden. Which means that not only do you have Trump supporters who wouldn't mind their kids doing that kind of work, they are likely making a living doing something hazardous, too.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Leaked Ice document shows worker detained in Hyundai raid had valid visa​

Exclusive: critics accuse Ice of ‘outrageous’ and ‘unlawful’ detention of Korean man

At least one of the Korean workers swept up in a huge immigration raid on a Hyundai Motor factory site in Georgia last week was living and working legally in the US, according to an internal federal government document obtained by the Guardian.

Officials then “mandated” that he agree to be removed from the US despite not having violated his visa.

The document says that immigration agents from Atlanta “determined that [redacted] entered into the United States in [redacted], with a valid B1/B2 visa and [redacted] was employed at HL-GA Battery Company LLC as a contractor from the South Korean company SFA. From statements made and queries in law enforcement databases, [redacted] has not violated his visa; however, the Atlanta Field Office Director has mandated [redacted] be presented as a Voluntary Departure. [Redacted] has accepted voluntary departure despite not violating his B1/B2 visa requirements.”

It is not yet clear whether other people with valid visas were detained in the raid, nor how many were actually alleged to be working illegally at the factory.

The raid angered the South Korean government, which announced billions of dollars of investment in the US following a new trade deal between the countries. On Sunday, the South Korean and US governments negotiated a deal to take the arrested workers home.

 

[7thKeeper]

There's a short 10 minute recap of what has happened so far. The guy is an American currently living in South Korea with a Korean wife and he goes over what has happened so far.

The flight of the Korean workers was delayed a day from what it was supposed to be. ICE apparently wanted all of them handcuffed while on the way to the plane. Trump also offered them to stay in the US and finish the factory (after all of this) and all but one person decided to leave back to Korea, with that one person apparently being a resident and having a family in the States.

So as far as I know at the moment, the construction of the factory is frozen since the workers required are no longer in the country and the future of other SK investments is now in question.

 

[iluvatar5150]

Leaked Ice document shows worker detained in Hyundai raid had valid visa​

Exclusive: critics accuse Ice of ‘outrageous’ and ‘unlawful’ detention of Korean man

At least one of the Korean workers swept up in a huge immigration raid on a Hyundai Motor factory site in Georgia last week was living and working legally in the US, according to an internal federal government document obtained by the Guardian.

Officials then “mandated” that he agree to be removed from the US despite not having violated his visa.

The document says that immigration agents from Atlanta “determined that [redacted] entered into the United States in [redacted], with a valid B1/B2 visa and [redacted] was employed at HL-GA Battery Company LLC as a contractor from the South Korean company SFA. From statements made and queries in law enforcement databases, [redacted] has not violated his visa; however, the Atlanta Field Office Director has mandated [redacted] be presented as a Voluntary Departure. [Redacted] has accepted voluntary departure despite not violating his B1/B2 visa requirements.”

It is not yet clear whether other people with valid visas were detained in the raid, nor how many were actually alleged to be working illegally at the factory.

The raid angered the South Korean government, which announced billions of dollars of investment in the US following a new trade deal between the countries. On Sunday, the South Korean and US governments negotiated a deal to take the arrested workers home.

But but but the conservatives keep telling me that they're 100% a-ok with legal immigration.

 

[DaisyDay]

Shackles and chains on the workers are not a good look for foreign nationals looking to invest in the US.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Families in crisis after massive immigration raid at Hyundai plant in Georgia​

Like many of the Koreans who were working there, advocates and lawyers representing the [~200] non-Korean workers caught up in the raid say that some who were detained had legal authorization to work in the United States.

 

[7thKeeper]

This is from the same guy who lives in South Korea, updating the situation over there along with his wife this time.
Seems like the South Korean government is looking into a possible human rights violation lawsuit against the USA. And to the Koreans who were held at the ICE facility, to them it seemed like the people there were untrained. And just a tad bit racist to boot.

 

[FAITH-IN-HIM]

I agree. That just means there are 475 new job opportunities for US citizens in Georgia. Also, I have not heard of any fines for Hyundai USA.

Removing these individuals does not instantly create 475 job openings for U.S. citizens, as these specialized engineering and technical roles require advanced degrees and training.

The U.S. currently lacks over 2.1 million highly skilled engineers.

The chart below shows unfilled skilled engineering jobs in the USA over the past decade. Other high-tech skilled positions face similar shortages.

Fewer Americans are pursuing higher education: undergraduate enrollment dropped from 18.1 million in 2010 to 15 million in 2023. While 70% of Americans viewed college education as very important in 2013, only 49% consider it necessary today. Increasingly, Americans are choosing careers that do not require a college degree, with college being even less desirable among conservatives.

If the United States decides not to allow foreign-born high-skilled workers to fill highly paid positions, American-born workers would be required to take those jobs. The current environment suggests that, first, policies should encourage Americans to pursue higher education and make it more affordable so students can attend college and obtain advanced degrees. Even with these steps, it could take another 20 years to fill all of these positions.

 

[rambot]

I agree. That just means there are 475 new job opportunities for US citizens in Georgia.

I would bet it does not mean that as, unless I'm mistaken, these people were in the US to install and work with proprietary, new technology.

can't just chuck randos at that.


Also, seems like Korea (And other Asian countries) are cooling FAST to investing in the US. Expect to see what we saw with Trump 1.0 (a lot of promise and ALMOST no follow through).

 

[essentialsaltes]

Check out the barndoor action.

 

[Oompa Loompa]

I would bet it does not mean that as, unless I'm mistaken, these people were in the US to install and work with proprietary, new technology.

Doubt. The other option is that South Korea will try to do thing right this time.

 

[rambot]

Check out the barndoor action.

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It would have been sOOOO easy for him to come across as sincere in his desire by making one single WHOLE post that is error or lie free (it's one of the other really).


Someday people like him will realize that division and distrust will not get him what he wants. Well, it MIGHT get him the civil war he's clearly been hoping for to avoid an election.

 

[rambot]

Doubt. The other option is that South Korea will try to do thing right this time.

Already stories of some of these people being here legally.

All that aside, you'd be really silly to believe this won't have a cooling effect.

 

[Tropical Wilds]

Check out the barndoor action.

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Translation: America is being left behind on the world stage so we need other countries citizens to come, give Americans the advantages of a DEI program without calling it a DEI program, because without it we would no longer be competitive in a worldwide business economy and we don’t like that.