South Korea chooses to bring ‘exhausted and in-shock’ workers home after plant raid

It has now emerged that Trump asked his officials to “encourage” the detained South Korean workers to extend their stay in the country and train American employees, foreign ministry officials in Seoul said at a briefing.

The president “emphasised that the detained Korean nationals were skilled workers and suggested they either remain in the U.S. to contribute to training the American workforce or be returned to South Korea, depending on Seoul’s stance”, a South Korean official said, according to the Financial Times.

Many of the arrested workers were exhausted and in shock and foreign minister Cho Hyun suggested that they instead return immediately to their home country. They could be allowed to go back to the U.S. for work later if necessary, the officials said.

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    The incompetence is off the charts, it’s obvious ICE are just racist goons who act first ask questions never.

    “Oh you want me to arrest people different than me? Oh hell yes!”

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      Yes. The American government is now the galactic empire of Trump, and you get resulting policies and foot soldiers to go with it. It’s what ya voted for, enjoy!

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      They are chasing those bonuses they are promised. The utter distaste I have toward them. I’m just thankful I haven’t encountered any of them.

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          If its up to trump he wont. He didn’t pay the contractors who built his failed Atlantic city casino. Ruined whole families when he didn’t and somehow people still trust his word. How do you lose money with a casino?