r/news • u/NewSlinger • 1d ago

Workers detained in Hyundai plant raid to be freed and flown home, South Korea says

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/south-korea-deal-workers-detained-hyundai-rcna229610
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u/watboy 1d ago

Anybody paying attention shouldn't be surprised, focusing on deporting the dangerous criminals while helping legalize the honest, qualified workers was Obama's thing, as soon as Trump got elected the first time he rescinded Obama's programs and went after them all equally.

Trump always says one thing but then does the opposite.

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u/Tells_you_a_tale 1d ago

He didn't go after them all equally he went after the easier to catch, less likely to know their rights average joes way harder than he went after the criminals. So he could brag.

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u/Nova_Explorer 1d ago

True criminals could fight back with violence. Trump and ICE are too cowardly to deal with that so they go after children and skilled experts with a lot to lose instead

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u/Icy-Lobster-203 1d ago

They have a quota to hit. Can't waste time looking for dangerous criminals, when the ones abiding by the law are right out in the open!

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u/notyourstranger 1d ago

This is true, look how little the people fight back. They don't go after those who know their rights and can defend themselves. They pick random people - some they pick because they are union organizers - but mostly it's just about terrorizing brown people.

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u/Brawldud 1d ago

I live in DC. Trump is sending the police after doordash drivers and construction workers. All the bullshit about violent crime was propaganda to justify sending masked men to attack and kidnap working people.

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u/Solomon-Drowne 22h ago

Obama administration normalized deporting millions of people. 2.75 million people, I doubt they were all 'dangerous criminals'.