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South Korean workers detained in Hyundai plant raid to be freed and flown home

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103 points MilnerRoute | 1 comments | 07 Sep 25 13:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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SanjayMehta ◴[07 Sep 25 14:45 UTC] No.45158615[source]▶
It’s a language issue.

When I first started travelling to the US, I was carefully coached by US HR and Legal to say I was on “business” as in meetings, and not “work.”

I suspect the subtle difference was not understood by the Koreans.

A shoddy way and shortsighted to deal with companies which are investing in your country.

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1. xadhominemx ◴[07 Sep 25 14:58 UTC] No.45158761[source]▶
It’s not a language issue - it’s because a quirk in US immigration law means South Koreans are not eligible for the E-2 visa, and are stuck competing for capped categories like the H-1B.

A group of house reps have been trying to fix this issue since 2012, but have never gotten it through committee.