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wolfie001

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1. I hate everything tRUMP, BUT!!!!

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 08:22 AM

Sep 7

Importing SK workers and underpaying them is another example of evil corporate hegemony. Always at the detriment to US workers. Not that tRUMP has any worries abouts US workers though. Repukes are just using this for political points.

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South Korea says it has reached a deal with the US for the release of workers in a Georgia plant [View all] Omaha Steve Sep 7 OP

I hate everything tRUMP, BUT!!!! wolfie001 Sep 7 #1

The Georgia AFL-CIO president stated they supported the Korean workers MichMan Sep 7 #9

I am guessing it was part of the deal with their governor to bring the plant there. travelingthrulife Sep 7 #10

American worker in an auto plant: wolfie001 Sep 7 #23

Don't worry, MAGA encourages underpaying and screwing US workers too IronLionZion Sep 7 #20

Zero argument from me wolfie001 Sep 7 #24

Where's your proof that was being done here? Callie1979 Sep 7 #30

No proof wolfie001 Sep 7 #35

I read elsewhere . . . AverageOldGuy Sep 7 #2

I expect there is some bribe or extortion behind this. yardwork Sep 7 #3

To open the plant you mean? TommyT139 Sep 7 #5

Obviously, they meant a Trump scheme. IrishAfricanAmerican Sep 7 #7

Why would it take a bribe to bring in your workers? Callie1979 Sep 7 #31

No, that's not what I meant. yardwork Sep 8 #36

Per usual. Hope22 Sep 7 #6

My thinking. Everything Trump does is for his own personal benefit... ananda Sep 7 #17

The reports I saw stated most were here under a visitor visa which does not permit working. MichMan Sep 7 #8

Was the report specific? Or just vague "visitor visa"? muriel_volestrangler Sep 7 #13

As far as I know, visitor visa holders are not permitted to work regardless of the 90 days. MichMan Sep 7 #15

Exactly SickOfTheOnePct Sep 7 #26

I doubt that ICE is making those distinctions. A big capital investment, speed matters, so people are needed lostnfound Sep 7 #29

They can have those people SickOfTheOnePct Sep 7 #34

I'm pretty sure... SickOfTheOnePct Sep 7 #25

I don't believe a word this administration says. yardwork Sep 8 #37

They do know this, but they have quotas to meet so they scoop up everyone. travelingthrulife Sep 7 #11

but if they go back to SK, they'll just crow the they WERE breaking the law. Callie1979 Sep 7 #32

It's very easy to violate visa terms IronLionZion Sep 7 #21

Yep SickOfTheOnePct Sep 7 #27

They were "swept up" iow... littlemissmartypants Sep 7 #28

How much did South Korea pay Trump to release the hostages? Irish_Dem Sep 7 #4

People routinely get deported back to their home countries unless they refuse to take them back MichMan Sep 7 #12

I am not talking about when or where. I am talking about how much Trump made on Irish_Dem Sep 7 #16

We know he got something. bluestarone Sep 7 #18

I'd like to see ICE raid the Samsung plants in San Jose RainCaster Sep 7 #14

Shutting down an electric vehicle plant was a bonus Bayard Sep 7 #19

If I controlled Hyundai BidenRocks Sep 7 #22

Good thing you don't MichMan Sep 8 #38

I don't trust anything this administration, and especially ICE does. mackdaddy Sep 7 #33