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1. MyHypatia ◴[] No.45148798[source]
Hyundai is investigating 12.6 billion dollars in Georgia, and the response is to raid the facility and arrest ~500 people working there. How does that benefit Americans? Korea is pumping money into our economy, and we throw the people working there in jail. For what? Working?

If Hyundai's operations keep getting disrupted, they can't justify spending billions here. Other international companies also won't waste their time investing and building infrastructure here. They'll spend it somewhere else. What is pro-American about this? Is the Republican party now anti-money? Anti-capitalism? How is this a win for Americans or Republicans or conservatives or anyone?

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2. htk ◴[] No.45149717[source]
What is so bad about hiring people who are legally allowed to work in the US? Why requiring this would be so disruptive? What is so bad about following the law?
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3. KevinMS ◴[] No.45149978[source]
Hyundai might not even have known this was going on and is grateful it was caught. Illegal workers are often hidden behind layers of subcontractors.
4. thegrim33 ◴[] No.45150236[source]
So as long as they invest money, they or their workers can break whatever laws they want? They have immunity?
5. LarsKrimi ◴[] No.45150246[source]
Maybe they forgot to bribe the right people? Did they offer something of gold to the president?
6. 15155 ◴[] No.45152293[source]
> What is so bad about hiring people who are legally allowed to work in the US?

They command market rate wages.