Hundreds of workers at a factory being built in Georgia to make car batteries for Hyundai and Kia electric vehicles were detained in a huge raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) on Thursday that stopped construction.
The facility is part of what would be the biggest industrial investment in the state’s history and had been hailed as a huge boost for the economy by Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp.
About 475 workers were arrested, according to US immigration officials on Friday, the largest single-site enforcement operation in the history of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which was created in the aftermath of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the US in New York and Washington DC.
Best way to industrialize America is to arrest the people building actual industry
Oh the irony that Trump has used undocumented labor for his construction jobs for years. As a dictator though he probably has much less interest in doing construction when he can just steal tax dollars more easily.
i wonder how many were children? just 3 years ago, a hyundai plant in Alabama was caught illegally employing children to operate heavy machinery - most or all of them were Central American. given the outrageously small fines imposed by the Labor Dept, there is really no reason to believe that this is not a regular practice.
Republicans in Georgia do not want the metro areas to grow more, fearing a change in political power.
Federal goons hate electric cars.
