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This ICE arrest in California reveals Trump's vast criminal scheme
An 18-year-old boy was kidnapped by Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside LA just days before he was to begin his senior year in high school. He was walking his dog when they came for him.ICE never told his parents. For a week, they had no idea where he was. During that time, ICE had taken...
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MSNBC reporting that ICE went to the Georgia plant for 4 Latinos. The Korean workers were not part of the plan. They just went and ended up rounding all foreign nationals they found there.
The Korean workers were specialized workers overseeing installation of proprietary material that Americans don't have experience in installing.
The Korean workers were specialized workers overseeing installation of proprietary material that Americans don't have experience in installing.
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Supreme Court lifts restrictions on LA immigration stops set after agents swept up US citizens
The Supreme Court is clearing the way for federal agents to conduct sweeping immigration operations in Los Angeles, the latest victory for President Donald Trump’s administration at the high court.
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I guess the Constitution is irrelevant.
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Delayed Release of Workers Detained in Georgia Raid Fuels Anger in Korea
It is unclear when the South Korean detainees will be repatriated. They were previously scheduled to depart the United States on Wednesday.
The repatriation of hundreds of South Korean workers arrested in an immigration raid in the United States has been delayed, officials in Seoul said on Wednesday, as frustration and anger with the Trump administration here began to mount.
It was unclear when a chartered Korean Air flight, which was previously scheduled to fly from Atlanta on Wednesday, would take off. But the plane’s departure was delayed because of issues on the American side, the South Korean foreign ministry said, without elaborating.
Last week’s images of armed U.S. agents dragging away South Korean workers in handcuffs and ankle chains from a Hyundai-LG battery plant in Ellabell, Ga., outraged many in South Korea. Seoul has tried to prevent the raid from unsettling its decades-old alliance with Washington, a key to South Korea’s security. And it has scrambled to diffuse the tension by hurriedly negotiating the workers’ release and sending a plane to pick them up.
But the raid has been raising political hackles in a country where people are known to take to the streets in anti-U.S. protests when they feel their national pride has been slighted by the Americans.
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“Why should we be treated like this when we are providing the United States with our technology, our money and our investments?” Kim Joon-hyung, an opposition lawmaker said during a parliamentary hearing on Monday.
Mr. Kim urged the government to tally all the Americans visiting South Korea on tourist visas and making money by teaching English. He said he suspected that their number could be in “thousands or tens of thousands.” He stopped short of asking the South Korean government to detain and deport them but asked: “Isn’t that illegal?”
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Lee Eun-ju, a top member of the president’s governing Democratic Party, suggested that if necessary, South Korea would withdraw all its nationals working on investment projects in the United States and suspend all its investments, including factories under construction, until the safety of South Korean workers is guaranteed.
Ms. Lee said South Korea cherished its ties with the United States and respected the American-led international order. But there is a limit, she said.
“It’s just too much,” she said, referring to South Korean workers in shackles. The U.S. Embassy in Seoul did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Return of South Korean Detainees in Georgia Delayed, Seoul Says
Last-minute hitches put departure in limbo after immigration raid at Hyundai factory
—> https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/retu...a?st=rFDW9z&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink“… The South Koreans have been behind bars since last Thursday’s immigration raid.
A key issue has been whether the detained South Koreans would be allowed to leave voluntarily or be deported. If they are deported, they would typically be barred from entering the U.S. again for years.
Even a voluntary departure could entail challenges for re-entering the U.S. if it is conditioned on the South Koreans admitting they violated visa rules.
U.S. authorities have said those arrested in the raid illegally crossed the border, entered through a visa waiver program that prohibited them from working or overstayed their visas. They haven’t said which of those descriptions applies to the detained South Koreans or offered evidence of any possible violations.
… Hyundai and LG Energy each filed a complaint to South Korea’s Foreign Ministry in April and May, asking for help with U.S. visa issues, according to documents obtained by ruling party lawmaker Kim Young-bae.
Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said it had reached out to the Trump administration 52 times during his second term to discuss visa issues for Korean businesses.
… Asian companies investing in America have faced trouble in receiving enough work visas for personnel needed to get the U.S. plants running, amid a shortage of skilled American technical workers.…”
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Return of South Korean Detainees in Georgia Delayed, Seoul Says
Last-minute hitches put departure in limbo after immigration raid at Hyundai factory
“… The South Koreans have been behind bars since last Thursday’s immigration raid.
A key issue has been whether the detained South Koreans would be allowed to leave voluntarily or be deported. If they are deported, they would typically be barred from entering the U.S. again for years.
Even a voluntary departure could entail challenges for re-entering the U.S. if it is conditioned on the South Koreans admitting they violated visa rules.
U.S. authorities have said those arrested in the raid illegally crossed the border, entered through a visa waiver program that prohibited them from working or overstayed their visas. They haven’t said which of those descriptions applies to the detained South Koreans or offered evidence of any possible violations.
… Hyundai and LG Energy each filed a complaint to South Korea’s Foreign Ministry in April and May, asking for help with U.S. visa issues, according to documents obtained by ruling party lawmaker Kim Young-bae.
Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said it had reached out to the Trump administration 52 times during his second term to discuss visa issues for Korean businesses.
… Asian companies investing in America have faced trouble in receiving enough work visas for personnel needed to get the U.S. plants running, amid a shortage of skilled American technical workers.…”
Hyundai Raid Exposes Shortage of Visas for Asian Companies Trying to Move Staff
Immigration raid at a plant in Georgia points to difficulty getting permits for workers with specialized skills
—> https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/hyun...c?st=UMZSku&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink“The Trump administration wants tougher immigration enforcement. It also wants Asian manufacturing powerhouses to pour investment into U.S. factories.
Those goals are now clashing because Asian companies are having trouble getting enough work visas for personnel needed to get the U.S. plants running, say immigration specialists.
… The U.S. lacks the workforce needed to support advanced industries such as semiconductors and biotechnology, according to a July report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank.
… The detainees largely held temporary visas suitable for short-term training and supervising purposes, such as the B-1 visa, and many were working at the site as instructors, according to South Korean officials. Some had arrived in the U.S. through a visa-waiver program that allows entry for up to 60 days for travel and certain limited business activities, they said.
Don Southerton, a consultant who has advised South Korean companies including Hyundai on operating in the U.S., said some Korean firms and their contractors in the past used visa-waiver programs for short-term travel or business visits without triggering scrutiny.
“I don’t think they ever had to worry about it,” he said. “And there has been so much encouragement for these plants to be” in the U.S., he said….”
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So, no record/video of ICE actually "detaining families" at the school as the Tweet claimed.
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ICE grabs Long Island parent next to school on first day of class
Immigration enforcement has prompted fresh concerns for a community on Long Island after federal agents were spotted near a number of schools at the start of the year.
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“… A separate communication from the school district's director of safety confirmed those agents did place someone under arrest, though cameras did not show whether that person dropped someone off at school. …”
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So unless onlookers stop to video/interfere with ICE and endanger themselves, it didn't happen? Is that your current requirement?
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ICE grabs Long Island parent next to school on first day of class
Immigration enforcement has prompted fresh concerns for a community on Long Island after federal agents were spotted near a number of schools at the start of the year.
“… A separate communication from the school district's director of safety confirmed those agents did place someone under arrest, though cameras did not show whether that person dropped someone off at school. …”
ICE Detained Dad in US Since Age 7 as He Dropped His Son Off at School
ICE detained dad in US since age 7 as he dropped his son off at school
"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) does NOT raid or target schools," a Department of Homeland Security memo said.
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Policy changes under President Donald Trump's administration have loosened restrictions that previously required Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to obtain prior approval before arresting individuals at "sensitive locations," such as schools, hospitals and churches.
According to critics, enforcement actions have since increased in and around those places. The incident in Ann Arbor mirrors other widely reported cases in which ICE agents have detained parents near schools, raising concerns among educators, parents and local officials about the potential emotional effects on children.…”
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So far, there are scattered reports of actual arrests but lots of photos, videos & reports of ICE staking out school drop-off lines in what seems like a coordinated plan of intimidation where they remain hesitant to engage in mass arrests with so many folks present and kids involved, but they sure seem to want everyone to know they might do so.
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Ok. Not a confirmed parent or confirmed parent of anyone at the school, and no "families" detained....just an adult near a school.
ICE grabs Long Island parent next to school on first day of class
Immigration enforcement has prompted fresh concerns for a community on Long Island after federal agents were spotted near a number of schools at the start of the year.
“… A separate communication from the school district's director of safety confirmed those agents did place someone under arrest, though cameras did not show whether that person dropped someone off at school. …”
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Video recording of law enforcement, including ICE, in public places is legal.
Seems like another social media misrepresentation.
Fuck you. There have been unmarked vehicles surrounding people dropping their kids off at school going back to last Spring. This is from talking to people involved, as well as plenty of news reports about it. Saying it's not happening because there's not videos or livestreams is next level stupid. Stop being a fucking dumbass or shut the fuck up.
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I'm talking about this specific post/situation/claim.
Much ado about nothing as of now.