Hard-won lesson from Hyundai factory raid

U.S. President Donald Trump has shown a subtle yet clear shift in rhetoric following a large-scale immigration raid on Sept. 4 (local time), in which 475 workers — including more than 300 Koreans — were arrested and detained while working at a Hyundai Motor-LG Energy Solution battery plant under construction in Georgia. Initially, Trump downplayed the incident, referring to the detainees as “illegal aliens” and stating that Department of Homeland Security officials were simply “doing their job.” However, amid growing backlash in both Korea and the United States, Trump softened his stance, stating that he would “look at the whole situation.” On Sunday (local time), Trump expressed hope that foreign experts could continue to work in the U.S. to transfer their skills to American workers. "When Foreign Companies who are building extremely complex products, machines, and various other 'things,' come into the United States with massive Investments, I want them to bring their people of expertise for a period of time to teach and train our people how to make these very unique anWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times