Noem says roundup of Koreans at Hyundai plant in Georgia won't deter investment in the US
Source: AP
Updated 10:39 AM EDT, September 8, 2025
LONDON (AP) — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday she doesn’t think the detention of hundreds of South Koreans in an immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia will deter investment in the United States because such tough actions mean there is no uncertainty about the Trump administration’s policies.
The detention of 475 workers, more than 300 of them South Korean, in the Sept. 4 raid has caused confusion, shock and a sense of betrayal among many in the U.S.-allied nation.
“This is a great opportunity for us to make sure that all companies are reassured that when you come to the United States, you’ll know what the rules of the game are,” Noem said at a meeting in London of ministers from the “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing partnership focused on border security.
“We’re encouraging all companies who want to come to the United States and help our economy and employ people, that we encourage them to employ U.S. citizens and to bring people to our country that want to follow our laws and work here the right way,” she told reporters. The detained Koreans would be deported after most were detained for ignoring removal orders, while “a few” had engaged in other criminal activity and will “face the consequences,” Noem said.
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The U.S. country is being run by a bunch of psychopaths like that guy Ryan Routh, who goes on trial this week, who stalked 45 at Mar-a-Lago.
Some of them start out "play-acting", but they have done it for so long that it becomes a part of their actual being.
South Korea has now discovered what happens when the FAFO.
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I searched on line and didn't find anything. Is there some slang meaning? Otherwise it is just a meaningless number allied with a funny-sounding meaningless unit for this context.
I have a degree in Ragiography and one in Radiation Therapy from the early 80s, so 40+ years ago. Roentgen was the unit I used in measuring patient exposure. I had the formulas programmed into my first TI graphing calculators. Doing the.measurements long hand with a pencil was a bitch.
I know, intellectually, the units of measurements are now Sieverts & Gray.
It was nice to see the term today
"not great not terrible" (written in parody). Shades of Baghdad Bob.
GOP used to brag about getting companies to open plants here. Such job creators. 
plants and walk away. 
I wonder how South Korea feels about this. Do you care? You are living in a dream world if you think they aren’t put off by these mass detain-deportations.
…that no one can trust to behave in a civilized and law-abiding way? America’s word is now worthless.
Oh right, this is puppy-killer Kristi Noem talking.
I can just see all the new investments coming now. 
Don’t get me wrong, foreign companies that invest should indeed create jobs for US-based workers. And if they want to bring in foreign workers, they should do so through legal channels and comply with all U.S. labor and employment laws. And the U.S. has a right to enforce its laws.
But how the U.S. approached this, the demeaning behavior, the violations of basic civil rights, the public embarrassment and disrespect for the foreign government and its citizens—no they won’t be lining up to invest here.
And again, I made no statements as the immigration status of the particular people who were humiliatingly detained. I was just explaining what I believe in generally. To repeat, I think it would be great if investments in the US yield jobs for those who live here. And I also believe that companies have a right to bring workers here in compliance with our laws. These are both generic statements about what I believe. They are not and were not comments on the status of the workers at this particular worksite. My comments on that particular worksite were limited to the fact that, given the demeaning and inhumane treatment of these particular workers, firms will not be lining up to invest here. No foreign firm wants to set itself and its employees up for such treatment. So I do not know what you are arguing about. Whatever it is, it wasn't in my post. Have a good day.