ICE Raids Hyundai's Georgia Plant to Enforce Foreign Worker Laws

[discolé monade]

 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today raided the site of a Hyundai-LG battery plant under construction in Georgia, detaining 475 workers. Automotive News reported that most of those arrested are South Korean nationals, and the situation was the subject of a months-long probe that culminated in the largest single-site enforcement action in the Department of Homeland Security's history.

 

months long. 

they've only been building for 'months long'. 

HUGE delay.  however...that is 475 jobs that the plant promised to local workers...that aren't local. 

[1pooh4u]

Idk how I feel about this. Sounds like the plant was subcontracting its construction workforce to get around having to hire US citizens. The company is trying to distance itself from those arrested claiming “they don’t work for Hyundai” 

that said it does seem extreme to actually raid the plant when I’m sure there are bigger fish to fry. 

[katt_goddess]

1 hour ago, 1pooh4u said:

Idk how I feel about this. Sounds like the plant was subcontracting its construction workforce to get around having to hire US citizens. The company is trying to distance itself from those arrested claiming “they don’t work for Hyundai” 

that said it does seem extreme to actually raid the plant when I’m sure there are bigger fish to fry. 

I feel that the plant was raided because its a direct competitor to things that Melon Husk has his grubby little fingers in - batteries and electric cars. 

Otherwise, if they really wanted a large scale 'bust', they'd raid the meat processing plants scattered across South Dakota for a start - massive amounts of so-called illegals working 14 hour shifts in unsafe conditions. Kids cleaning carving machines. But they won't because SD is solidly red regardless of what the actual voters want. 

[1pooh4u]

7 minutes ago, katt_goddess said:

I feel that the plant was raided because its a direct competitor to things that Melon Husk has his grubby little fingers in - batteries and electric cars. 

Otherwise, if they really wanted a large scale 'bust', they'd raid the meat processing plants scattered across South Dakota for a start - massive amounts of so-called illegals working 14 hour shifts in unsafe conditions. Kids cleaning carving machines. But they won't because SD is solidly red regardless of what the actual voters want. 

Idk they probably got massive incentives to operate in GA with the expectation they would hire people living in the US. I don’t think comparing this to meat processing plants already existing for decades is the same thing. I’m not saying it warranted a raid but I’m not feeling sorry about this either. 

[1pooh4u]

Dealing with the safety issues in meat processing facilities is a whole other thing that won’t happen cuz no one gaf about the people working there 

[Insipid]

South Korea is very pissed about this, and this disincentivizes foreign investment into American manufacturing. I think it's only a matter of time before Trump does something to really piss Japan off, and then the two have the friendliest relations in decades. India and China, rivals, are clearly warming up to each other now.

Well done, MAGA . . . Make Asia Great Again.

[scoobdog]

On 9/5/2025 at 5:53 PM, discolé monade said:

 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today raided the site of a Hyundai-LG battery plant under construction in Georgia, detaining 475 workers. Automotive News reported that most of those arrested are South Korean nationals, and the situation was the subject of a months-long probe that culminated in the largest single-site enforcement action in the Department of Homeland Security's history.

 

months long. 

they've only been building for 'months long'. 

HUGE delay.  however...that is 475 jobs that the plant promised to local workers...that aren't local. 

I also tend to think this is a somewhat legitimate action, only because I can see first hand how hiring foreign workers in the construction industry can have unintended consequences.  We've had undocumented workers from Mexico and Central America for as long as I can remember, and it shows in the level of institutional knowledge that those workers bring to a job site, similarly to migrant workers who have been working our fields since Guadalupe-Hidalgo. But, the influx of workers from the Far East, specifically China, poses a bigger problem because we don't have the same level of comfort with them.  There are plenty of good construction workers from Asia here, but you're not likely to get them for the bargain basement prices that make hiring undocumented workers so attractive.  Chances are the workers in question were imported specifically because they were expendable, not because they were cheaper qualified and experienced (in the US) workers.

[discolé monade]

just found out that ICE training camp is in brunswick GA. 

that's down right at the FL border. 

[Top Gun]

1 hour ago, discolé monade said:

just found out that ICE training camp is in brunswick GA. 

that's down right at the FL border. 

Your mission, should you choose to accept it...

[Raptorpat]

... is to order three hundred large pizzas with the worst toppings for delivery to said location, saying that someone will pay in cash upon arrival 

[katt_goddess]

1 hour ago, Raptorpat said:

... is to order three hundred large pizzas with the worst toppings for delivery to said location, saying that someone will pay in cash upon arrival 

Pineapple, ham and anchovies...

[Top Gun]

Need some black olives on there too.

[molarbear]

On 9/5/2025 at 7:53 PM, discolé monade said:

 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today raided the site of a Hyundai-LG battery plant under construction in Georgia, detaining 475 workers. Automotive News reported that most of those arrested are South Korean nationals, and the situation was the subject of a months-long probe that culminated in the largest single-site enforcement action in the Department of Homeland Security's history.

HUGE delay.  however...that is 475 jobs that the plant promised to local workers...that aren't local. 

More smoke and mirrors to distract from the list that definitely has the demented cantaloupe on it