Companies worldwide are realizing a hard truth: any agreement with President Donald Trump’s administration comes with significant uncertainty. Even massive investments that appear to align with Trump’s push to rebuild American manufacturing may not be enough to avoid disruption.
Last week, the administration carried out its largest immigration raid of Trump’s second term, deploying nearly 500 armed officers to a Hyundai-LG battery plant construction site in Georgia. The operation resulted in 475 arrests, most of them South Korean nationals.
The timing was striking. Less than two weeks earlier, Trump had met with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the White House, celebrating Seoul’s $350 billion commitment to expand manufacturing operations in the U.S. This was supposed to be the model deal: foreign companies bring production to America, create jobs for U.S. workers, and win political goodwill.
But in practice, companies often need to bring in their own skilled workers to install proprietary technology and train local staff. For South Korean conglomerates, relying on temporary visa arrangements has long been an open secret.
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