President Trump on Sunday responded to the immigration raid that was conducted on a Hyundai battery construction plant in Georgia last week, calling on foreign companies to respect American laws.
“We encourage you to LEGALLY bring your very smart people, with great technical talent, to build World Class products, and we will make it quickly and legally possible for you to do so,” The President said. “What we ask in return is that you hire and train American Workers. Together, we will all work hard to make our Nation not only productive, but closer in unity than ever before.”
8 U.S.C. § 1324 makes it “unlawful for any person or other entity to hire, recruit, or refer for a fee, for employment in the United States an alien knowing the alien is an unauthorized alien.” One would think that Hyundai would face fines or some sort of consequence for violating our laws.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, 475 workers were arrested at the plant near Savanna, Georgia, for being in the US illegally or violating the terms of their immigrant visas. The majority of the illegal workers arrested, over 300, were South Korean.
The factory was previously touted by Joe Biden as an economic win after he announced the opening of the plant during a 2022 trip to South Korea.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released video footage from the operation over the weekend, showing a large caravan moving in on the plant, lining the illegals up, chasing down attempted escapees, and loading them all onto immigration buses to be detained.
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President Trump previously secured a deal with the South Korean auto manufacturer, which pledged a more than $20 billion investment in American manufacturing to build its first-ever steel mill in the US, which President Trump said will produce “more than 2.7 million metric tons of steel per year” and create more than 1,400 steel jobs. The investment included $5.8 billion for a steel mill in Donaldsonville, Louisiana.
Trump has secured more than $5 trillion in private and foreign investments in US manufacturing and infrastructure.
He announced on Sunday in response to the Hyundai plant raid that “I am hereby calling on all Foreign Companies investing in the United States to please respect our Nation’s Immigration Laws.”
Full statement below:
Following the Immigration Enforcement Operation on the Hyundai Battery Plant in Georgia, I am hereby calling on all Foreign Companies investing in the United States to please respect our Nation’s Immigration Laws. Your Investments are welcome, and we encourage you to LEGALLY bring your very smart people, with great technical talent, to build World Class products, and we will make it quickly and legally possible for you to do so. What we ask in return is that you hire and train American Workers. Together, we will all work hard to make our Nation not only productive, but closer in unity than ever before. Thank you for your attention to this matter! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The Gateway Pundit reported earlier that South Korea and the United States have negotiated the release of the more than 300 illegals. South Korea reportedly agreed to send a plane to facilitate the return of the illegals to their country.
UPDATE: US and South Korea Reach Deal on Release of Hyundai Workers – South Korea to Send Plane to Fly Illegals Home
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