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tblue37

(67,036 posts) Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:28 PM Sep 11

Trump offered to let detained Korean workers stay in US, but almost all heading home:

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump offered to allow hundreds of South Korean workers arrested during an immigration raid to stay in the United States, but only one has opted to remain, South Korean officials said on Thursday.

Trump's overture sought to encourage the workers to stay and train Americans, according to the officials. It resulted in a one-day delay to the departure of a chartered plane to bring the workers home.

The plane is now scheduled to leave the U.S. later in the day. TV footage showed the workers boarding buses outside the barbed-wire clad fences of a detention centre at around 2 a.m. on Thursday to go to Atlanta airport.

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But current difficulties about sending staff to the U.S. could affect direct investment. "Our businesses that are investing in the United States will no doubt be very hesitant," Lee said.

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Trump offered to let detained Korean workers stay in US, but almost all heading home: (Original Post) tblue37 Sep 11 OP

The Koreans should put their U.S. projects in deep freeze, or just cancel them. dalton99a Sep 11 #1

Rounded up, shackled, taken to a detention center and they didn't want to stay here??? tanyev Sep 11 #2

Breath-taking arrogance from a really inept administration malaise Sep 11 #3

If Kia follows suit, this could dramatically affect Ilsa Sep 11 #4

He offered to let them stay to train their replacements? How generous. tetedur Sep 11 #5

I read that was the original reason they were here. rickford66 Sep 11 #6

No bdamomma Sep 11 #7

dalton99a

(90,358 posts)

1. The Koreans should put their U.S. projects in deep freeze, or just cancel them.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:32 PM

Sep 11

tanyev

(47,857 posts)

2. Rounded up, shackled, taken to a detention center and they didn't want to stay here???

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:34 PM

Sep 11

Huh.

malaise

(289,355 posts)

3. Breath-taking arrogance from a really inept administration

Reply to tanyev (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:37 PM

Sep 11

Who the eff would want to stay?

Ilsa

(63,319 posts)

4. If Kia follows suit, this could dramatically affect

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:42 PM

Sep 11

two Southern states financially, Georgia and Alabama. Kia has plants in both Alabama and Georgia. Georgia's R governor Brian Kemp has had a sticky relationship with Trump over the 2020 election. It wouldn't surprise me if Krasnov let the Koreans yank their business from GA for revenge on Kemp trying to be more even-handed about Trump.