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[–] booly@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

why were highly skilled Korean engineers working "illegally" in USA to begin with?

Most of them say they had valid visas or work authorization.

The U.S. has a visa waiver program where people can come into the U.S. without a visa, and have certain rights similar to visa holders. Many of the South Korean workers have taken the position that the visas they had that allowed them to work for 6 months, or the visa waivers they had entitled them to do temporary work for less than 90 days, and that they were within those time windows.

The lawsuits being filed also allege that immigration officials acknowledged that many of the workers did have legal rights to work, but that they were deported anyway.

So no, I don't think it's been shown that the workers did anything illegal. It really sounds like ICE fucked up by following a random tip a little too credulously.

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

This. All articles I've read that have interviews with the deported people concur that they had work visas or visa waivers. They weren't in the US illegally because businesses that send employees overseas aren't that stupid. ICE targeting them is just the dumbest thing they could do, and treating them as ICE did is currently being investigated in South Korea for human rights violations. Seriously you should read their accounts of their captivity, it's horrific.

I really hope Hyandai and LG tell the US to get stuffed.