First reported by Sang-eun Lucia Lee and In-Yeop Kim:
*[…] Nearly 500 employees, including 300 Koreans – mostly LG Energy staff, subcontractors and engineers – were taken into custody last Thursday by agents from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Georgia state troopers.*
*The detained employees are alleged to have worked on the site without proper work permits, having entered the US under the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) or short-term B1 business visas.*
*The $4.3 billion joint venture battery facility, among the largest projects in Georgia and expected to create 8,500 jobs, was scheduled for completion later this year to supply battery cells to Hyundai’s nearby EV factory, Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America LLC (HMGMA).*
*Construction work on the site was suspended following the raid.*
*The incident has thrown Korea’s flagship investment projects in the US into disarray.*
*Sources said at least 22 other factory sites involving Korean business groups, in autos, shipbuilding, steel and electrical equipment, have been nearly halted.*
*[…] Korean companies with US interests have frozen travel plans and recalled staff already in the US over fears of further raids.*
*“Korean workers are being treated like criminals for building factories that Washington itself lobbied for,” said a company executive in Seoul. “If this continues, investment in the US could be reconsidered.”*
*The incident underscores a structural weakness in Korea Inc.’s overseas expansion model.*
*With H-1B and L-1 work visas, which are harder to obtain, in short supply, Korean firms have routinely rotated engineers through 90-day ESTA entries or short-term B-1 visas to meet tight construction schedules.*
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Ok, so if im keeping up with the grift to takeover the world, what’s the part where you brazenly and publicly beat up the shop owner who has offered you stupid protection money.
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First reported by Sang-eun Lucia Lee and In-Yeop Kim:
*[…] Nearly 500 employees, including 300 Koreans – mostly LG Energy staff, subcontractors and engineers – were taken into custody last Thursday by agents from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Georgia state troopers.*
*The detained employees are alleged to have worked on the site without proper work permits, having entered the US under the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) or short-term B1 business visas.*
*The $4.3 billion joint venture battery facility, among the largest projects in Georgia and expected to create 8,500 jobs, was scheduled for completion later this year to supply battery cells to Hyundai’s nearby EV factory, Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America LLC (HMGMA).*
*Construction work on the site was suspended following the raid.*
*The incident has thrown Korea’s flagship investment projects in the US into disarray.*
*Sources said at least 22 other factory sites involving Korean business groups, in autos, shipbuilding, steel and electrical equipment, have been nearly halted.*
*[…] Korean companies with US interests have frozen travel plans and recalled staff already in the US over fears of further raids.*
*“Korean workers are being treated like criminals for building factories that Washington itself lobbied for,” said a company executive in Seoul. “If this continues, investment in the US could be reconsidered.”*
*The incident underscores a structural weakness in Korea Inc.’s overseas expansion model.*
*With H-1B and L-1 work visas, which are harder to obtain, in short supply, Korean firms have routinely rotated engineers through 90-day ESTA entries or short-term B-1 visas to meet tight construction schedules.*
Ok, so if im keeping up with the grift to takeover the world, what’s the part where you brazenly and publicly beat up the shop owner who has offered you stupid protection money.