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[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The visas did not allow employment, but were valid for work-related travel. As they were employees of a foreign company here on behalf of the foreign company the visas were valid for that purpose. ICE changed the meaning of those visas after the fact to save face and justify their illegal raid and detentions.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Many were here under esta which allows travel and meetings, but not labor.

[–] SebaDC@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Did any worker build the site or only oversee stuff?

[–] Cort@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

All the articles I saw said there were 475 people detained/inspected and 300+ were Korean. That's nearly a 2 to 1 ratio of 'supervisors' to workers, which seems pretty sus, even for a union gig.

[–] SebaDC@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not like the plant was a series of high tech assembly robots that need to be installed with high precision to be and to assemble high tech vehicles...

Oh! Wait...

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yep, and installing those robots is labor. Labor which is, again, prohibited when visiting on esta.

[–] SebaDC@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

There's also planning, specifying, inspecting, etc...

But hey! So much for foreign investments!