Trump not realizing the world is advance now. White American government dont have the lead anymore. shyt is over and if Korea pulls investment 
WTF: 450 mostly South Korean (US ally) workers detained at Hyundai plant
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1/37
@koryodynasty
1/ A repatriated Korean worker from the Hyundai-LG battery factory secretly wrote a detention diary about their 7-day experience in ICE custody in Georgia. The worker says ICE officers mocked them with words like as "North Korea" and "Rocket Man" despite holding a business visa.
[Quoted tweet]
BREAKING: The 300+ Korean workers who were detained in last week's ICE raid at the Hyundai-LG battery plant construction site in Georgia have arrived in South Korea, walking out here in the arrivals hall at Incheon International Airport.
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1966395642559021056/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/wgPMaxSdvIhn73Hd.mp4
2/37
@koryodynasty
2/ The worker held a B1 visa for a 2-month work meetings and training trip. They were body-searched while wearing hard hat and safety boots at 10am on 4 September. ICE gave arrest warrant forms at 1:20pm with no explanation and no Miranda rights were read.
3/37
@koryodynasty
3/ "The workers thought that completing the forms would lead to release," the worker wrote, which was shared with Yonhap News. Red wristbands were placed on workers after they submitted forms. They secretly messaged his family saying "contact might be cut off".
4/37
@koryodynasty
4/ Workers were handcuffed with cable ties, and some were chained at the waist, legs, and wrists. Transport vehicles had toilets inside with a strong urine odour, and there was no air conditioning provided during the journey to the detention facility.
[Quoted tweet]
These images of the mainly Korean workers being chained by ICE in full restraints including wrists, belly, and ankles are pretty nuts.
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1964318777413423104/vid/avc1/1280x720/I7F6fHgzOQRE3YNK.mp4
5/37
@koryodynasty
5/ Workers were initially housed in a 72-person room with bunks, 4 shared toilets and 2 urinals. There were no clocks or outside view. Mattresses had mould on them. The provided water smelled bad. No basic supplies were initially provided to the detainees. Poor conditions at Georgia detention center raise alarm for detained S. Korean workers - The Korea Times
6/37
@koryodynasty
6/ It was so cold that some detainees heated towels in the microwave to warm themselves. The worker secretly obtained a pen and paper on day 4 to begin writing his detention diary. The formal intake process was only completed on day 4. 분노로 쓴 美구금일지…B1비자 근로자에 "노스코리아" 조롱도 | 연합뉴스
7/37
@koryodynasty
7/ During their 6 September ICE interview, officers asked if they were from "South Korea". When they confirmed, "the officers smirked and mentioned North Korea and Rocket Man". The worker wrote being angry but restrained themselves.
8/37
@koryodynasty
8/ When they asked why they were arrested despite legal B1 entry, the ICE officer replied: "I don't know either, but the people above think it's illegal." Some ICE officers admitted to other detainees that ICE had made mistakes, according to the diary.
9/37
@koryodynasty
9/ On 7 September, 4 officials from the Korean Consulate General and Foreign Ministry met the detainees. The consulate reportedly told workers: "Getting home first is the most important thing. Sign whatever they ask you to sign unconditionally."
10/37
@koryodynasty
10/ The Korean officials warned that disputes could mean detention for anything from 4 months to several years. They informed detainees that signing would mean forced removal, visa cancellation, and a charter flight home. More ministry officials visited on 8 September.
11/37
@koryodynasty
11/ The worker wrote: "I was angry that they seemed unable to understand why B-1 visa entry was considered illegal" and was frustrated at their focus on "sending us out." Workers were told to sign "voluntary departure" documents filled with language about being "illegal".
12/37
@koryodynasty
12/ Release came on 11 September at 1am when buses departed for Atlanta airport, leaving what Yonhap described as a "hell-like detention facility." 분노로 쓴 美구금일지…B1비자 근로자에 "노스코리아" 조롱도 | 연합뉴스
13/37
@ManiamAkash
It will only get worse
14/37
@NamiranianSam
@grok are you able to confirm this?
15/37
@petrikk
A business visa is not a work visa
16/37
@greg_travis
Gee, a bunch of masked MAGA goons whose last job was fry cook at the Chic-fil-A six months ago were taunting people who look different from them and speak funny?
Shocking
17/37
@bumilangit
Also South Korean..
[Quoted tweet]
BREAKING: South Koreans chant “We are Charlie,” showing once again that Charlie’s message has become a global movement.
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1966903045637173248/vid/avc1/576x1024/9jGbn1ox9jEa94Wb.mp4
18/37
@ishmael0464
…an *expired* business visa…” FIFY
19/37
@TradingPulseX
ICE officers aren’t the brightest lot.
They think they are bright because they are holding a stick to beat you with.
20/37
@iThando
America should not host the FIFA World Cup,
21/37
@HarlemJ11
ICE employees are bigots and racists? No way man. I way…
22/37
@BagelC47
Wow
23/37
@DianneCallaha16
It is unacceptable for these people to be treated this way. They were in Georgia for one purpose only, to train Americans. They were not here illegally.
24/37
@Large_Prime_Num
Maybe they will tell everyone they know and no one from other countries will ever try and work here again!
25/37
@Gulfexplorer1
Dude, B-1 doesn’t allow working on a construction site.
But be all incensed
Might want to investigate what Singapore did when this happened there.
26/37
@markcutis
The strong-arm tactics of ICE are, sadly, more reminiscent of third-rate countries that seem to relish harassing people than of a confident America. That said, the Reuters reporting is clear: Korean companies had already been warned not to take liberties with B-1 and ESTA visas. So we cannot condone the spectacle of mass detentions, we also have to admit that Korean firms should have drawn a line earlier. They should have told Wash. flat-out: we won’t build your plants or finish your projects until you provide the proper visas.
https://www.reuters.com/business/wo...able-us-visas-before-hyundai-raid-2025-09-09/
27/37
@DeadMattBounce
Holy buckets
28/37
@QuillFirePoetry
This kind of screwup is absolutely unacceptable. The US government owes these people a formal apology.
South Koreans: On behalf of the sane people of America, I offer you my deepest apologies. South Korea is one of America's closest allies and this incident is our fault, not yours.
29/37
@arav_m
I hope Koreans respect other Asian cultures and come out of western slavery and imitating West in culture attitudes and show independence in spirit and action
30/37
@lisaelsewhere
Disgusting.
31/37
@TheBettyRubble
expired business visa
32/37
@metamimic
And I bet South Koreans will still chose white people to be their friend
33/37
@WynterythTX
No. They didn't have work visas. They were expired. If it expires, it means it doesn't exist anymore.
34/37
@BahlestKimmie
South korea should immediately stop all projects.
35/37
@STCNewsfeed
I recommend that all foreign investment be taken elsewhere. If Americans can appreciate the help, why even bother?
36/37
@djt90b
A business visa doesn’t allow one to actually work in another country. They are issued to people for trade shows, conferences and meetings. If they were doing actually work like assembly, construction, etc., then they were in violation of their business visas.
37/37
@ddawg169
Guess what would happen if I worked in S Korea without proper documents?
Kanada is even worse
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@koryodynasty
1/ A repatriated Korean worker from the Hyundai-LG battery factory secretly wrote a detention diary about their 7-day experience in ICE custody in Georgia. The worker says ICE officers mocked them with words like as "North Korea" and "Rocket Man" despite holding a business visa.
[Quoted tweet]
BREAKING: The 300+ Korean workers who were detained in last week's ICE raid at the Hyundai-LG battery plant construction site in Georgia have arrived in South Korea, walking out here in the arrivals hall at Incheon International Airport.
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1966395642559021056/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/wgPMaxSdvIhn73Hd.mp4
2/37
@koryodynasty
2/ The worker held a B1 visa for a 2-month work meetings and training trip. They were body-searched while wearing hard hat and safety boots at 10am on 4 September. ICE gave arrest warrant forms at 1:20pm with no explanation and no Miranda rights were read.
3/37
@koryodynasty
3/ "The workers thought that completing the forms would lead to release," the worker wrote, which was shared with Yonhap News. Red wristbands were placed on workers after they submitted forms. They secretly messaged his family saying "contact might be cut off".
4/37
@koryodynasty
4/ Workers were handcuffed with cable ties, and some were chained at the waist, legs, and wrists. Transport vehicles had toilets inside with a strong urine odour, and there was no air conditioning provided during the journey to the detention facility.
[Quoted tweet]
These images of the mainly Korean workers being chained by ICE in full restraints including wrists, belly, and ankles are pretty nuts.
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1964318777413423104/vid/avc1/1280x720/I7F6fHgzOQRE3YNK.mp4
5/37
@koryodynasty
5/ Workers were initially housed in a 72-person room with bunks, 4 shared toilets and 2 urinals. There were no clocks or outside view. Mattresses had mould on them. The provided water smelled bad. No basic supplies were initially provided to the detainees. Poor conditions at Georgia detention center raise alarm for detained S. Korean workers - The Korea Times
6/37
@koryodynasty
6/ It was so cold that some detainees heated towels in the microwave to warm themselves. The worker secretly obtained a pen and paper on day 4 to begin writing his detention diary. The formal intake process was only completed on day 4. 분노로 쓴 美구금일지…B1비자 근로자에 "노스코리아" 조롱도 | 연합뉴스
7/37
@koryodynasty
7/ During their 6 September ICE interview, officers asked if they were from "South Korea". When they confirmed, "the officers smirked and mentioned North Korea and Rocket Man". The worker wrote being angry but restrained themselves.
8/37
@koryodynasty
8/ When they asked why they were arrested despite legal B1 entry, the ICE officer replied: "I don't know either, but the people above think it's illegal." Some ICE officers admitted to other detainees that ICE had made mistakes, according to the diary.
9/37
@koryodynasty
9/ On 7 September, 4 officials from the Korean Consulate General and Foreign Ministry met the detainees. The consulate reportedly told workers: "Getting home first is the most important thing. Sign whatever they ask you to sign unconditionally."
10/37
@koryodynasty
10/ The Korean officials warned that disputes could mean detention for anything from 4 months to several years. They informed detainees that signing would mean forced removal, visa cancellation, and a charter flight home. More ministry officials visited on 8 September.
11/37
@koryodynasty
11/ The worker wrote: "I was angry that they seemed unable to understand why B-1 visa entry was considered illegal" and was frustrated at their focus on "sending us out." Workers were told to sign "voluntary departure" documents filled with language about being "illegal".
12/37
@koryodynasty
12/ Release came on 11 September at 1am when buses departed for Atlanta airport, leaving what Yonhap described as a "hell-like detention facility." 분노로 쓴 美구금일지…B1비자 근로자에 "노스코리아" 조롱도 | 연합뉴스
13/37
@ManiamAkash
It will only get worse
14/37
@NamiranianSam
@grok are you able to confirm this?
15/37
@petrikk
A business visa is not a work visa
16/37
@greg_travis
Gee, a bunch of masked MAGA goons whose last job was fry cook at the Chic-fil-A six months ago were taunting people who look different from them and speak funny?
Shocking
17/37
@bumilangit
Also South Korean..
[Quoted tweet]
BREAKING: South Koreans chant “We are Charlie,” showing once again that Charlie’s message has become a global movement.https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1966903045637173248/vid/avc1/576x1024/9jGbn1ox9jEa94Wb.mp4
18/37
@ishmael0464
…an *expired* business visa…” FIFY
19/37
@TradingPulseX
ICE officers aren’t the brightest lot.
They think they are bright because they are holding a stick to beat you with.
20/37
@iThando
America should not host the FIFA World Cup,
21/37
@HarlemJ11
ICE employees are bigots and racists? No way man. I way…
22/37
@BagelC47
Wow
23/37
@DianneCallaha16
It is unacceptable for these people to be treated this way. They were in Georgia for one purpose only, to train Americans. They were not here illegally.
24/37
@Large_Prime_Num
Maybe they will tell everyone they know and no one from other countries will ever try and work here again!
25/37
@Gulfexplorer1
Dude, B-1 doesn’t allow working on a construction site.
But be all incensed
Might want to investigate what Singapore did when this happened there.
26/37
@markcutis
The strong-arm tactics of ICE are, sadly, more reminiscent of third-rate countries that seem to relish harassing people than of a confident America. That said, the Reuters reporting is clear: Korean companies had already been warned not to take liberties with B-1 and ESTA visas. So we cannot condone the spectacle of mass detentions, we also have to admit that Korean firms should have drawn a line earlier. They should have told Wash. flat-out: we won’t build your plants or finish your projects until you provide the proper visas.
https://www.reuters.com/business/wo...able-us-visas-before-hyundai-raid-2025-09-09/
27/37
@DeadMattBounce
Holy buckets
28/37
@QuillFirePoetry
This kind of screwup is absolutely unacceptable. The US government owes these people a formal apology.
South Koreans: On behalf of the sane people of America, I offer you my deepest apologies. South Korea is one of America's closest allies and this incident is our fault, not yours.
29/37
@arav_m
I hope Koreans respect other Asian cultures and come out of western slavery and imitating West in culture attitudes and show independence in spirit and action
30/37
@lisaelsewhere
Disgusting.
31/37
@TheBettyRubble
expired business visa
32/37
@metamimic
And I bet South Koreans will still chose white people to be their friend
33/37
@WynterythTX
No. They didn't have work visas. They were expired. If it expires, it means it doesn't exist anymore.
34/37
@BahlestKimmie
South korea should immediately stop all projects.
35/37
@STCNewsfeed
I recommend that all foreign investment be taken elsewhere. If Americans can appreciate the help, why even bother?
36/37
@djt90b
A business visa doesn’t allow one to actually work in another country. They are issued to people for trade shows, conferences and meetings. If they were doing actually work like assembly, construction, etc., then they were in violation of their business visas.
37/37
@ddawg169
Guess what would happen if I worked in S Korea without proper documents?
Kanada is even worse
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Hope Korea reneges on the plant and the promised investments. Yes, there will be hits for blacks if this happens, but way more for whites and I'm cool with that. White people need their hoe card pulled.
O.T.I.S.
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SK just gave their version of Trump the boot.
So I doubt they continue doing business with us… thanks to Trump and MAGA.
Koreans detained in Georgia battery plant raid preparing class action lawsuit against ICE
Koreans detained in Georgia battery plant raid preparing class action lawsuit against ICE
Korean workers detained during an immigration raid at a Georgia EV battery plant in September are preparing a class-action lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), ABC News reported Monday.
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Korean workers detained during an immigration raid at a Georgia EV battery plant in September are preparing a class-action lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), ABC News reported Monday.
Roughly 200 workers, including a man identified as Kim, are accusing ICE of unlawful detention, racial profiling, human rights violations and excessive use of force. The raid targeted a joint Hyundai Motor—LG Energy Solution EV battery factory under construction near Savannah, Georgia.
The Korean workers had entered the United States on B-1 business visas. They were dispatched as skilled technicians to train American employees and help set up production lines.
On the morning of Sept. 4, ICE agents stormed the site, halting operations. “Agents armed with guns stormed the site, helicopters and drones circled overhead — it felt like a scene from a movie,” Kim said.
ICE agents reportedly presented arrest warrants in English, which most of the Korean workers could not fully understand.
![Buses leave the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Folkston, Georgia, with no passengers on Sept. 10 after an agreement to release Korean workers from the facility fell through. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2025/11/11/9802ec89-9ca0-4be4-b242-867c523b47fb.jpg "Buses leave the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Folkston, Georgia, with no passengers on Sept. 10 after an agreement to release Korean workers from the facility fell through. [YONHAP]")
Buses leave the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Folkston, Georgia, with no passengers on Sept. 10 after an agreement to release Korean workers from the facility fell through. [YONHAP]
More than 500 workers were detained in the raid, including about 300 Koreans. ICE described it as “the largest-ever enforcement action at a single worksite in U.S. history.”
“They confiscated our phones and chained our wrists, ankles and waists,” Kim said. “We were locked up without knowing why, and the fear was overwhelming.”
Kim also spoke out about the poor conditions inside the detention facility.
“The mattresses were moldy, the toilets had no privacy and we were given foul-smelling water to drink,” he said. “Some guards mocked Asians, referencing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and making slant-eye gestures.”
The detained workers were released and returned to Korea about a week later, following consultations between the Korean and U.S. governments. But many, including Kim, remain frustrated and confused.
![Korean nationals and foreigners are released from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Folkston, Georgia, on Sept. 11, after seven days of confinement. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2025/11/11/fa81179b-121f-4d2e-a6ad-8ebd1d2a5ba7.jpg "Korean nationals and foreigners are released from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Folkston, Georgia, on Sept. 11, after seven days of confinement. [YONHAP]")
Korean nationals and foreigners are released from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Folkston, Georgia, on Sept. 11, after seven days of confinement. [YONHAP]
“We weren’t trying to take anyone’s job or immigrate,” Kim said. “To this day, no one has explained why we were arrested or why we were detained for a week — let alone offered an apology.”
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told ABC, "Any foreign workers brought in for specific projects must enter the United States legally and with proper work authorizations," and emphasized that "President Trump will continue delivering on his promise to make the United States the best place in the world to do business, while also enforcing federal immigration laws."
Hyundai Motor stated that the Georgia plant is scheduled for completion in the first half of 2026 and that construction will proceed in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
“Following this incident, Korea and the United States are in talks to improve the visa system and prevent recurrence,” a Korean Foreign Ministry official said, adding that they are considering measures such as establishing a dedicated visa program for skilled professionals.
Observers warn that the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policy may clash with its efforts to attract large-scale manufacturing investments, raising concerns about broader implications for Korea-U. S. economic cooperation.
“I did nothing wrong. I just hope the truth comes out,” Kim said. “If I have to go to the U.S. for business, so be it — but for leisure, I never want to return.”
This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.
BY BAE JAE-SUNG [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]
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Get that moneyKoreans detained in Georgia battery plant raid preparing class action lawsuit against ICE
Koreans detained in Georgia battery plant raid preparing class action lawsuit against ICE
Korean workers detained during an immigration raid at a Georgia EV battery plant in September are preparing a class-action lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), ABC News reported Monday.koreajoongangdaily.joins.com
Korean workers detained during an immigration raid at a Georgia EV battery plant in September are preparing a class-action lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), ABC News reported Monday.
Roughly 200 workers, including a man identified as Kim, are accusing ICE of unlawful detention, racial profiling, human rights violations and excessive use of force. The raid targeted a joint Hyundai Motor—LG Energy Solution EV battery factory under construction near Savannah, Georgia.
The Korean workers had entered the United States on B-1 business visas. They were dispatched as skilled technicians to train American employees and help set up production lines.
On the morning of Sept. 4, ICE agents stormed the site, halting operations. “Agents armed with guns stormed the site, helicopters and drones circled overhead — it felt like a scene from a movie,” Kim said.
ICE agents reportedly presented arrest warrants in English, which most of the Korean workers could not fully understand.
Buses leave the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Folkston, Georgia, with no passengers on Sept. 10 after an agreement to release Korean workers from the facility fell through. [YONHAP]
More than 500 workers were detained in the raid, including about 300 Koreans. ICE described it as “the largest-ever enforcement action at a single worksite in U.S. history.”
“They confiscated our phones and chained our wrists, ankles and waists,” Kim said. “We were locked up without knowing why, and the fear was overwhelming.”
Kim also spoke out about the poor conditions inside the detention facility.
“The mattresses were moldy, the toilets had no privacy and we were given foul-smelling water to drink,” he said. “Some guards mocked Asians, referencing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and making slant-eye gestures.”
The detained workers were released and returned to Korea about a week later, following consultations between the Korean and U.S. governments. But many, including Kim, remain frustrated and confused.
Korean nationals and foreigners are released from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Folkston, Georgia, on Sept. 11, after seven days of confinement. [YONHAP]
“We weren’t trying to take anyone’s job or immigrate,” Kim said. “To this day, no one has explained why we were arrested or why we were detained for a week — let alone offered an apology.”
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told ABC, "Any foreign workers brought in for specific projects must enter the United States legally and with proper work authorizations," and emphasized that "President Trump will continue delivering on his promise to make the United States the best place in the world to do business, while also enforcing federal immigration laws."
Hyundai Motor stated that the Georgia plant is scheduled for completion in the first half of 2026 and that construction will proceed in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
“Following this incident, Korea and the United States are in talks to improve the visa system and prevent recurrence,” a Korean Foreign Ministry official said, adding that they are considering measures such as establishing a dedicated visa program for skilled professionals.
Observers warn that the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policy may clash with its efforts to attract large-scale manufacturing investments, raising concerns about broader implications for Korea-U. S. economic cooperation.
“I did nothing wrong. I just hope the truth comes out,” Kim said. “If I have to go to the U.S. for business, so be it — but for leisure, I never want to return.”
This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.
BY BAE JAE-SUNG [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]
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A class action suit when every branch of the US government has been compromised
Especially the Judicial Branch
Good Luck kornikkas
Especially the Judicial Branch
Good Luck kornikkas
A class action suit when every branch of the US government has been compromised
Especially the Judicial Branch
Good Luck kornikkas
exposing the bullshyt is still a WIN, the emperor has no cloths.
If they want that plant they’ll settle quicklyA class action suit when every branch of the US government has been compromised
Especially the Judicial Branch
Good Luck kornikkas
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Wake up call if i ever saw one
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fukk outta here with that BS "Black struggle has never been just for black people, it's been for humanity". Naw yall just say on the sideline, white black folks put theirs lives on the line. Then every other group jumped the line and pushed us to the back, AFTER WE did all the heavy lifting. We don't want acknowledgement. We want land, resources, and reparations.
