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Fiendish Thingy

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31. Clearly there is more to the story that we don't yet know

Reply to Retrograde (Reply #29)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 11:24 PM

19 hrs ago

The scenario you describe seems kind of shady, but may have been the unofficial workaround to avoid delays and red tape in previous administrations, but not this one.

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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

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What kind of jobs are going unfilled in GA? Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #17

you believe they were 'wrong' bigtree Yesterday #18

I don't consider them criminals deserving incarceration Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #20

are you sure they 'circumvented U.S. laws?' bigtree Yesterday #24

You're the one making the assertions Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #26

if you're arguing that's what's happening here you're just plain wrong bigtree 19 hrs ago #28

You're right - Hyundai should have been able to bring over workers to train the US crew Fiendish Thingy 19 hrs ago #30

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And my guess is the Trump administration is counting those 475 jobs taken by Koreans Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #23

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we used to value these workers bigtree Saturday #8

I wonder if they were on the visa waiver program Retrograde 19 hrs ago #29

Clearly there is more to the story that we don't yet know Fiendish Thingy 19 hrs ago #31

Dunno - I think it was the official way Retrograde 17 hrs ago #33

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and Kemp bigtree Saturday #9

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