Around 475 workers at a battery plant in Georgia jointly owned by South Korean companies LG and Hyundai were arrested in an ICE raid at the facility. Now, people online are criticizing President Donald Trump for inviting multiple foreign companies to invest in the U.S. only to disrupt their business with such raids.
In an earlier press release, Trump’s administration called foreign investments “crucial for economic growth, job creation, and innovation.” To ensure this, he enforced tariffs across the globe while awaiting deals that he promised would be the best the U.S. had ever seen economically. South Korea adapted to the new administration by pledging to increase its investments in the U.S. to reach $350 billion. Reuters, however, reports that since then South Korea has joined a long list of countries at odds with the specific details of his new trade deals.
