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Fiendish Thingy

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20. I don't consider them criminals deserving incarceration
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 12:31 PM
22 hrs ago

Or the harsh treatment ICE inflicted upon them.

But you don’t seem to be able to answer why Hyundai felt the need to import Korean workers.

Was it because they created very narrowly defined job requirements that nobody who wasn’t already trained in Hyundai-specific battery technology could meet?

Those are questions that deserve answers.

It’s one thing for an American farmer who can’t find local workers to pick his crops to turn to immigrants for labor, and another thing entirely for a foreign company to launch a factory in the US and then circumvent labor laws (and American union workers) by importing foreign workers who they almost certainly pay less than American workers would make.

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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 Yesterday #11
they're workers, not criminals bigtree 23 hrs ago #15
What kind of jobs are going unfilled in GA? Fiendish Thingy 23 hrs ago #17
you believe they were 'wrong' bigtree 23 hrs ago #18
I don't consider them criminals deserving incarceration Fiendish Thingy 22 hrs ago #20
are you sure they 'circumvented U.S. laws?' bigtree 20 hrs ago #24
You're the one making the assertions Fiendish Thingy 20 hrs ago #26
if you're arguing that's what's happening here you're just plain wrong bigtree 12 hrs ago #28
You're right - Hyundai should have been able to bring over workers to train the US crew Fiendish Thingy 11 hrs ago #30
From what I've read this am, it does appear they didn't have "worker visas." harumph 21 hrs ago #22
And my guess is the Trump administration is counting those 475 jobs taken by Koreans Fiendish Thingy 21 hrs ago #23
$350 billion in promised investments bigtree 20 hrs ago #25
we used to value these workers bigtree Saturday #8
I wonder if they were on the visa waiver program Retrograde 11 hrs ago #29
Clearly there is more to the story that we don't yet know Fiendish Thingy 11 hrs ago #31
Dunno - I think it was the official way Retrograde 9 hrs ago #33
Yep. Donald Trump has declared war on the country over which he presides. tanyev Saturday #5
For his puppeteer Putin. Cha 19 hrs ago #27
Retaliation against MTG Blue Full Moon Saturday #7
and Kemp bigtree Saturday #9
so they're getting sent home bigtree Yesterday #10
Don't worry! Hyundai is on the case! Heidi Yesterday #12
like every business operating under this fascist regime bigtree Yesterday #13
I guess there are plenty of foxes to go around. Heidi 23 hrs ago #14
This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree 23 hrs ago #16
Kim Jong Il died in 2011. Celerity 23 hrs ago #19
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Jong il is six feet under. Jong un is the current leader of the hermit kingdom. Jacson6 11 hrs ago #32
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