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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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Post by pavel_lishin »

pylua wrote: 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.

Th authorities are very vague in their statements, on purpose.

According to the article, 450 were arrested, over 300 are South Korean, but the article makes it impossible to tell who entered illegally, and who had incorrect visas or expired ones, and their various nationalities.

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Post by JKCalhoun »

pnw wrote: post #17
pylua wrote: 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.

Also short-sighted: pissing off our international partners that we would rather build factories in the U.S.

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Post by pavel_lishin »

behnamoh wrote: post #12
yladiz wrote: 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?

That's a lot of words to put in someone's mouth.

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Post by pylua »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #22
pnw wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Also short-sighted: pissing off our international partners that we would rather build factories in the U.S.

Assuming that they are in illegally, the U.S. is the party that should be upset. If you are going to do business in the U.S. then you need to follow us laws.

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Post by detaro »

pnw wrote: post #17
pylua wrote: 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.

> Yes, they all lacked work visas.

Source?

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

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Post by pnw »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #22
pnw wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Also short-sighted: pissing off our international partners that we would rather build factories in the U.S.

South Korea deports Canadians and Americans regularly for not obtaining the correct visas.

https://www.vancouverobserver.com/news/we-are-scared-and-we-...

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Post by pavel_lishin »

pnw wrote: post #27
JKCalhoun wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also short-sighted: pissing off our international partners that we would rather build factories in the U.S.

South Korea deports Canadians and Americans regularly for not obtaining the correct visas. https://www.vancouverobserver.com/news/we-are-scared-and-we-...

I appreciate you linking a source, but this is a one-time story about 14 teachers from 2017.
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