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18. you believe they were 'wrong'
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 11:33 AM
16 hrs ago

...based in the abusive laws and regulations which have long been at the discretion of the government to enforce, applied by this administration to the degree that they're putting workers in chains and calling them criminals.

You characterize them whatever way you want, project whatever expectations that make you feel comfortable with the position you take about enforcement of the law in this case.

That doesn't make any of this right, and you can argue the law from here to eternity and you won't get a bit of agreement from me that people coming here to seek work and raise families are criminals because they haven't filled out the right form, or overstayed their visas.

They work in the factories that provide economic benefit to Georgia and the U.S., and pay consumption taxes without the benefits of citizenship, and support the local economy with what they spend.

I don't understand posturing against them like they deserve this treatment, but I do understand that this has been made into an accepted American attitude by politicians and others who can't see past their own antipathies toward foreigners who live and work here.

If Georgia residents want those jobs, they should be racing for the employment office. We'll see... I mean I'll see, because after the dust settles here, most people complaining about these foreign nationals working won't care a bit about the economy in Georgia, or this plant's success to bother to look.

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The laws of unintended consequences? An inability see beyond his nose? The notion all things happen in a vacuum? marble falls Saturday #1
Drump and his thuglican trash live in a Bizarro World...Down is Up and Right is Left... wcmagumba Saturday #2
He's still mad that they didn't give him his fake votes newdeal2 Saturday #3
The claim is those workers were in the US on visitor/tourist visas, not work visas Fiendish Thingy Saturday #4
I dont believe it for a second drray23 Saturday #6
Funny thing is... Fiendish Thingy 17 hrs ago #11
they're workers, not criminals bigtree 16 hrs ago #15
What kind of jobs are going unfilled in GA? Fiendish Thingy 16 hrs ago #17
you believe they were 'wrong' bigtree 16 hrs ago #18
I don't consider them criminals deserving incarceration Fiendish Thingy 15 hrs ago #20
are you sure they 'circumvented U.S. laws?' bigtree 13 hrs ago #24
You're the one making the assertions Fiendish Thingy 12 hrs ago #26
if you're arguing that's what's happening here you're just plain wrong bigtree 4 hrs ago #28
You're right - Hyundai should have been able to bring over workers to train the US crew Fiendish Thingy 4 hrs ago #30
From what I've read this am, it does appear they didn't have "worker visas." harumph 14 hrs ago #22
And my guess is the Trump administration is counting those 475 jobs taken by Koreans Fiendish Thingy 14 hrs ago #23
$350 billion in promised investments bigtree 13 hrs ago #25
we used to value these workers bigtree Saturday #8
I wonder if they were on the visa waiver program Retrograde 4 hrs ago #29
Clearly there is more to the story that we don't yet know Fiendish Thingy 4 hrs ago #31
Dunno - I think it was the official way Retrograde 2 hrs ago #33
Yep. Donald Trump has declared war on the country over which he presides. tanyev Saturday #5
For his puppeteer Putin. Cha 12 hrs ago #27
Retaliation against MTG Blue Full Moon Saturday #7
and Kemp bigtree Saturday #9
so they're getting sent home bigtree 18 hrs ago #10
Don't worry! Hyundai is on the case! Heidi 17 hrs ago #12
like every business operating under this fascist regime bigtree 16 hrs ago #13
I guess there are plenty of foxes to go around. Heidi 16 hrs ago #14
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree 16 hrs ago #16
Kim Jong Il died in 2011. Celerity 16 hrs ago #19
trumpy hoping for another love letter. republianmushroom 15 hrs ago #21
Jong il is six feet under. Jong un is the current leader of the hermit kingdom. Jacson6 4 hrs ago #32
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