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South Korea will bring home 300 workers detained in Hyundai plant raid

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Re: South Korea will bring home 300 workers detained in Hyundai plant raid

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And then next week the exact same workers will return to the US and work will continue, delayed by 2 weeks.

And every auto company who was considering putting a plant in the US to avoid Trumpty Dumpty's tariffs will now have to consider Trumpty Dumpty's harassment of workers.

Re: South Korea will bring home 300 workers detained in Hyundai plant raid

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post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And if as a requirement for allowing foreign workers into the US they had to train 1-2 US workers to their own level of expertise, would that be a fair trade?

It would be impossible, a lot of the expertise that these people have would take years to train another person to have.

So your solution is to shut our eyes and let undocumented foreigners take the jobs that a well-educated American society could fulfill?

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post #4

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And if as a requirement for allowing foreign workers into the US they had to train 1-2 US workers to their own level of expertise, would that be a fair trade?

How would you even evaluate that?

Re: South Korea will bring home 300 workers detained in Hyundai plant raid

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> He said that some of the detained workers had illegally crossed the U.S. border, while others had entered the country legally but had expired visas or had entered on a visa waiver that prohibited them from working.

How many of the 300+ South Korean workers does this describe?

Re: South Korea will bring home 300 workers detained in Hyundai plant raid

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post #15

I’ve been confused by reading the articles and comments on this matter. Are they in the country illegally ? Regardless I am glad the workers get to go home. If it is illegal I’d imagine the company should be at fault.

Yes, they all lacked work visas. Allegedly Hyundai subcontracted out the work to third parties who didn't bother to get work visas for their employees.

Maybe Korean companies are used to getting away with that kind of thing? Seems fairly short sighted given the current focus on immigration.

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And if as a requirement for allowing foreign workers into the US they had to train 1-2 US workers to their own level of expertise, would that be a fair trade?

These Korean engineers and contractors were literally there to oversee the installation of new machinery at the battery plant under construction and train US staff on its operation, lol.

Re: South Korea will bring home 300 workers detained in Hyundai plant raid

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post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It would be impossible, a lot of the expertise that these people have would take years to train another person to have.

So your solution is to shut our eyes and let undocumented foreigners take the jobs that a well-educated American society could fulfill?

Exactly. I’m not sure why this is a controversial take.

Re: South Korea will bring home 300 workers detained in Hyundai plant raid

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post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It would be impossible, a lot of the expertise that these people have would take years to train another person to have.

So your solution is to shut our eyes and let undocumented foreigners take the jobs that a well-educated American society could fulfill?

I didn't propose a solution, and I don't have one, just that the parent's idea wouldn't work in practice.
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