The comprehensive ice operation in Georgia on Thursday, which rounded off around 475 illegal workers at a showcase development project, is intended to a warning to employers nationwide.
It also shows the first contradiction of the demanding foreign investments in the USA and reduces the available workforce.
The RAID aimed at an electrical battery system under construction to operate the US market. The work is a Hyundai project that produces electric vehicles in a plant nearby, and LG Energy Solution, a US branch of another South Korean giant.
Most of the arrested were Korean citizens while some were Mexican. A spokesman for the homeland protection authority informed the press that the migrants either illegally crossed the border, exceeded their visas or came to Visa that did not allow them to work.
This last point is important because some of the Koreans indicate that he could have been temporarily here on the construction or training of Americans. Quality control is crucial for a successful manufacturing company, and companies often bring experienced employers from their home country to ensure this.
Both Korean companies stated that they follow the Immigration Act and cooperate with ice cream. Some of the illegal migrants may have worked for contractors who helped build the battery system.
The construction industry does not find enough American workers these days, so migrants with fake documentation often close the gap. The eternity it takes to build something in the USA would be worse without these workers.
The Americans want the punishment to be instructed, but the review of the legal jobs does not go for criminal gangs or murderers.
The raid in Georgia shows that the priority of the Trump government is to deport every illegal migrant, no matter how long they have worked here. This makes every employer a potential goal of an ice attack if the agency suspects that foreigners work there.
This already has a remarkable influence on the US labor market, as the recent monthly job reports suggest. It is difficult to know how much the workforce born abroad is shrinking, and this becomes clearer when data adapted seasonally.
But if President Trump wants a smaller US population, he will get a weaker job market and a weaker economy for Americans.
How about if you ask the congress to create more legal ways to enter the USA and work?
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