An immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia last month did not sit well with President Donald Trump.
He expressed his opposition to the Sept. 4 raid at the electric vehicle facility in Ellabell during a discussion with reporters aboard Air Force One on Monday as he headed to Japan.
“You know how I feel, I was very much opposed,” Trump reportedly said when asked, according to CNN.
“Look, when they come in and they’re making very complex machinery, equipment, they’re going to have to bring some people in, at least at the initial phase. In that case, it was batteries. Batteries are very complex and they’re actually very dangerous to make,” he continued.
“You can’t just pick people off an unemployment line and say, ‘We just, you know, opened up a $2 billion battery factory.’ So, we’ve got an understanding, and this is with the world, by the way. This is not just – this is when they come into our country, we have a lot of factories being built by outside by foreign interests,” Trump added.
The president contended that some foreign investors should be able to “bring in experts” when they set up shop in the U.S.
“When they come in, some of these factories make very, very complex, very highly sophisticated equipment. They’ve got to bring people in with them for a period of time. They’ll teach our people how to do it, but even for a fairly long period of time, they’re going to need expertise to be successful,” he said.
“And we’re going to let people know. I’m letting them know right now that when they come into our country, we can expect to see them bring in with them some very talented people that have been doing it for many years. They’ll teach our people how to do it. Our people will be just as good as they are within a period of time and it’ll be a phase out, but we want them to bring in experts and that’s the way it is,” the president said.
As BizPacReview previously reported, the September immigration operation resulted in the arrest of 475 illegal aliens, most of whom were South Korean nationals, after “alleged ‘unlawful work practices prompted the raid, which was deemed the ‘largest single site enforcement operation in the Department of Homeland Security’s history.'”
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After negotiations with South Korea, some of the immigrants were allowed to return to work and train Americans at the facility.
“I was opposed to getting them out, and in fact, before they got out, they were pretty well set, but before they got out, I said they could say they went, they left, and they’re going to be coming back,” Trump told reporters on Monday.
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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