[ABC] United States immigration authorities have arrested at least 450 people in a raid on a Hyundai manufacturing site in Georgia, federal officials confirmed Friday.
The Hyundai facility, located in Ellabell, Georgia -- approximately 30 miles west of Savannah -- was raided "as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into allegations of unlawful employment practices and other serious federal crimes," according to a statement from a public affairs officer with the Department of Homeland Security.
"This operation underscores our commitment to protecting jobs for Georgians, ensuring a level playing field for businesses that comply with the law, safeguarding the integrity of our economy, and protecting workers from exploitation," the statement continued.
Hyundai released a statement regarding the raid, saying it was aware of the incident and "closely monitoring the situation and working to understand the specific circumstances."
"As of today, it is our understanding that none of those detained is directly employed by Hyundai Motor Company," Hyundai said.
In a press briefing on Friday, the South Korea's foreign ministry said it has conveyed its "concerns and regret" to the United States over the raid on a Hyundai-LG battery plant, "urging special attention to ensure that the legitimate rights and interests of our citizens are not violated."
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Just for clarification:
The plant is under construction. These are construction workers.
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The plant is under construction. These are construction workers.
One of those teensy little details that totally changes the whole story. Thirty miles west of Savannah, eh? I wonder how far it is to the nearest Home Depot.
COLUMBUS, Ga. — A subsidiary of a Korean company plans to invest $223 million in a new manufacturing facility in Columbus, Georgia, expected to create over 520 jobs.
The new facility for JS Link America Inc., which will produce rare-earth permanent magnets, will be located at Muscogee Technology Park and is slated to begin operations in late 2027.
“JS Link America strengthens Georgia’s role in securing the U.S. supply chain in industries such as aerospace, mobility, and energy,” said Gov. Brian Kemp.
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The plant is under construction. These are construction workers.
Now that makes sense. Contractors in California are notorious for hiring illegal aliens. You go past a construction site and you can hear them speaking Spanish. You can hear the ranchero music on their boomboxes. It's no surprise that the quality of new homes is so far below what it was back in the 1960s and 1970s. California politicians take money from the developers and look the other way.
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None of this is clear -- the Koreans are referring to them as "our citizens." Perhaps come Koreans were scooped up for employing illegals?
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🚨BREAKING: U.S. revokes citizenship of former postal worker who stole more than $1.6 million in checks from the mailboxes of D.C. residents and then tried to flee to Zambia.
Hachikosela Muchimba, 44, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit theft of mail and bank fraud, theft of mail; bank fraud; engaging in a monetary transaction in property derived from specified unlawful activity and unlawful procurement of citizenship or naturalization, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of D.C.
Between Dec. 2020 and March 2023, Muchimba stole U.S. Treasury checks and private party checks from the U.S. mail. He would either alter the checks by replacing the real payee’s name with his own or falsely endorse them. He then deposited them into bank accounts he controlled, according to court documents.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office of D.C. said bank surveillance video caught him making deposits and withdrawals.
It also said Muchimba used the funds to live "a lavish lifestyle that included international travel, stays at luxury hotels, and purchases at gentlemen’s clubs."
One of the charges he was found guilty for — unlawful procurement of naturalization — was because Muchimba also applied to become a naturalized U.S. citizen and provided false information to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officers during the scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of D.C. said. Muchimba had falsely told them that he had not committed any crimes for which he had not been arrested.
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Hachikosela Muchimba, the proud product of a US Gov't DEI hiring system.
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A few years ago, there was a nice lady from Nigeria (IIRC) who was a parking attendant at NASM/Udvar-Hazy at Dulles International Airport...who was skimming a couple bucks off of every $15 parking fee. As U-H is one of the most popular museums on the planet, she was raking in some serious cash until she got caught.
When brought before the Forces of Justice, her attorney based her defense on the fact that in Nigeria it is customary and accepted to wet one's beak like that. Judge and jury didn't buy it, but I have no doubt that she has stewed over the injustice of it ever since.
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One of the charges he was found guilty for — unlawful procurement of naturalization — was because Muchimba also applied to become a naturalized U.S. citizen and provided false information to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officers during the scheme...
Seems a certain sitting representative from Minnesota meets that criteria.
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[Regnum] Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani has passed away at the age of 91. This was reported on September 4 by La Repubblica.
"Mr. Armani, as he was always known with respect and admiration by his employees and partners, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loved ones. Tireless, he worked until his last days, devoting himself to the company, its collections and the varied and ever-changing projects, both current and ongoing," the publication reports the Armani group statement.
The fashion designer was born on July 11, 1934 in Piacenza, Italy. In 1949, he moved with his family to Milan. Armani studied medicine at the University of Milan for two years, after which he dropped out and joined the army.
After his military service, he became a laborer in the large Milan department store "Rinaccente", where he also decorated windows and was a buyer of clothes. In 1961, Armani became an assistant to fashion designer Nino CeruttiLater he worked as a stylist for such fashion designers as Ungaro and Zegna.
In 1974, Giorgio Armani presented his first collection under his own name, and a year later he created his own company.
He has received numerous awards, including the Neiman Marcus Fashion Award (1979), the International Designer of the Year Award, the Menswear Lifetime Achievement Award (both from the Council of Fashion Designers of America), and the GQ Designer of the Year Award.
[RASMUSSENREPORTS] A new national telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports and StoppingSocialism.com finds that 53% of Likely U.S. Voters ages 18 to 39 would like to see a democratic socialist candidate win the 2028 presidential election. Twenty-seven percent (27%) of under-40 voters would not want to see a democratic socialist elected president in 2028, and 20% are not sure. ..
Under-40 voters were asked to agree or disagree with this statement: "Major Industries like health care, energy, and big tech should be nationalized to give more control and equity to the people." Seventy-six percent (76%) agree, including 39% who Strongly Agree. Just 18% disagree.
Yes, yes — but how many of them actually vote?
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Graphs I've seen show the females are big on socialism, but the males have moved in favor of the right.
10. During the 90s, North Korea leader Kim Jong-Il, and his son and future leader Kim Jong-Un used fake Brazilian passports to travel to Disneyland pic.twitter.com/hQWWN1ysMf
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[Regnum] A powerful flare and an unusual plasma emission were recorded on the Sun. This was reported by the solar astronomy laboratory of the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The intensity of the flare reached the M1.0 level, which is classified as strong. This is the penultimate class in terms of power in the generally accepted classification, where the highest is class X.
In addition to the flare, scientists have registered a rare phenomenon in the northern hemisphere of the Sun - a plasma ejection in the form of a straight beam. Usually, such ejections have the shape of a loop. Scientists assume that the unusual shape could be caused by a sharp restructuring of the star's magnetic field after the flare.
On September 2, the IKI RAS staff reported that planetary-scale magnetic storms had begun on Earth. G3 storms are strong and can increase the probability of spacecraft being knocked out of orbit, cause false alarms in power systems, interfere with radio communications, and disrupt satellite navigation.
Astrophysicists also noted that the main zone of polar lights will form in the Scandinavian countries and Canada. Over the territory of Russia, only isolated observations are possible in the northwest of the country.
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[Regnum] An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 occurred in the vicinity of the city of Jalalabad, which is located in the eastern part of Afghanistan. This was reported on Thursday, September 4, by the local portal Khaama press, citing the US Geological Survey.
“At 09:40 local time (08:10 Moscow time), the eastern regions of Afghanistan were again shaken by an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7,” the report says.
The epicenter of the tremors was located near Jalalabad, and their source was at a depth of 13 km. There was no official information about victims or damage.
On the night of September 1, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 occurred in the eastern and central provinces of Afghanistan. Then five aftershocks with a magnitude of 4.3 to 5.2 were recorded there. The number of victims of the earthquake exceeded 1.4 thousand people, and more than 3.1 thousand people were injured.
On September 1, the Russian President's Special Representative for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said that Kabul had asked the Russian side to help eliminate the consequences of the powerful earthquake. He added that the Russian Emergencies Ministry was working on this issue.
The death toll from the earthquake in Afghanistan has reached 2,205 people, while another 3,640 residents were injured. This was reported on September 4 by the deputy spokesman for the Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorist activities) Hamdullah Fitrat.
"Updated information on the victims of the earthquake in Kunar <…>. The total number of dead has reached 2,205, and the number of injured is 3,640," he wrote on the social network X.
Fitrat added that emergency services are still continuing search and rescue operations.
On the night of September 1, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 occurred in the eastern and central provinces of Afghanistan. Then five aftershocks with a magnitude of 4.3 to 5.2 were recorded there.
On September 1, the Russian President's Special Representative for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said that Kabul had asked the Russian side to help eliminate the consequences of the powerful earthquake. He added that the Russian Emergencies Ministry was working on this issue.
[American Liberty] Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a major legal victory on Thursday after a federal appeals court blocked a lower court ruling that had halted operations at Florida’s famous migrant detention facility, known as "Alligator Alcatraz."
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals stayed a prior order from U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, an Obama appointee, who issued a temporary injunction against further construction and use of the facility, citing environmental concerns. The appeals court decision allows the state to resume full operation of the detention center immediately.
"Alligator Alcatraz is, in fact — like we always said — open for business," DeSantis said during a press conference in Tallahassee.
A Blow to the Left’s Legal Offensive
The initial injunction by Judge Williams, handed down on August 7, alleged that Florida had failed to conduct an appropriate environmental impact assessment before expanding operations on the site — an abandoned airfield deep in the Florida Everglades. Activist groups had raised concerns about possible threats to endangered species and the ecosystem, and claimed the state was violating environmental law.
[Daily Mail, wjere America gets its news] Oil giant ConocoPhillips is laying off up to 25 percent of its workforce in a huge cost-cutting drive.
The layoffs will mean thousands of employees and contractors will lose their jobs within weeks.
A company spokesperson confirmed Wednesday that 20 to 25 percent of its global headcount of roughly 13,000 will be affected — roughly 2,600 to 3,250 workers.
Most layoffs are expected to take place before the end of the year.
'We are always looking at how we can be more efficient with the resources we have,' the spokesperson said,
The Houston-based company's stock fell 4.3 percent on Wednesday following the news, leaving it down nearly 14 percent from a year ago.
CEO Ryan Lance informed employees of the layoffs via video message on Wednesday, Reuters reported.
The ConocoPhillips layoffs come amid a broader wave of job cuts this summer, with major companies including Walmart, Procter & Gamble, Microsoft, Amazon, Intel, and UPS also announcing reductions.
Was it just yesterday that we read that shipbuilders and chipmakers are going to need hundreds of thousands of new people? Surely some of these will be suitable and willing to move…
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If you consider the number of working illegals that have self-deported and been replaced by either legal immigrants or Americans, the jobs numbers are sort of good. The economy is not performing as well as I expected.
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/\ The economy is not performing as well as I expected. Posted by Super Hose
Didn't go into the ditch overnight. Likely won't get back on track overnight either. Blinding flash of the obvious.
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Real estate has been in recession since the fed began raising rates in 2022. Tough for oil companies to make money at the current price of oil. Long rates are rising globally as QT continues but government deficits continue to grow. Lastly, is the year that states and municipalities run out of pandemic cash.
That being said, I find it hard to believe we can go into recession with deficits of 5% og GDP.
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Bear in mind, this company is closing their SF area refinery next year due to Cal environment requirements. These numbers likely are coming in that group. Also, that refinery is about 15% of C-P's physical plant, so the entire company is shrinking.
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/\ Great! Who needs gas? Enjoy your Chinese made rubber Cadillacs.
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WTI crude is well below $65. Good for the economy except the big oil producers. Good for restraining Iran in the short run. OPEC is probably aiming to keep it below $65 if they can. For one, to keep Iran in check and for another since it also slows new US production which for about a year has been between about 13.2 and 13.5 M bpd.
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[YouTube - Task & Purpose] The U.S. Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon, better known as Dark Eagle, just made its overseas debut at Exercise Talisman Sabre in Australia — and China is not happy about it.
Dark Eagle is a new hypersonic missile designed to hit targets more than 1,700 miles away at speeds over Mach 5, giving the Army a way to punch through heavily defended airspace in minutes. After years of development, though, it only has two very recent successful test fires.
So why is China so worried about it? From northern Australia, Dark Eagle can put major Chinese outposts in range. Even without a live fire, just showing up in Australia was enough to trigger warnings about destabilization and escalation.
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[Regnum] Chinese scientists have confirmed for the first time the existence of a solid core on Mars. This was reported on September 4 by the Chinese newspaper Global Times.
According to the publication, a joint group of scientists from China and the United States, led by professors Sun Daoyuan and Mao Zhu from the University of Science and Technology of China, presented the results of the study in the journal Nature.
"Further analysis has revealed for the first time evidence of a solid inner core inside Mars and measured its radius at about 600 kilometers, one-fifth of Mars' total radius. If Mars were scaled up to the size of Earth, the proportions between its inner and outer cores would be strikingly similar to Earth's," the newspaper said.
Scientists note that this discovery creates an important basis for comparing the evolution of Mars, Earth and other terrestrial planets.
Earlier, American scientist Vincent F. Chevrier from the University of Arkansas conducted almost 20 years of research on Mars, analyzed meteorological data from the landing site of the Viking 2 apparatus and used computer modeling to determine the conditions for the formation of liquid brines on the planet's surface. He found that the key role is played by calcium perchlorate salts, which are capable of keeping water in a liquid state at sub-zero temperatures, and showed that brines form twice a day - early in the morning and late in the evening at the end of the Martian winter and early spring, when frost and ice crust begin to melt.
The study found that although the volume of liquid water is extremely small, its presence could be important for future human missions and the search for signs of life. Chevrier noted that even short-lived liquid environments can leave chemical and geomorphological traces on the surface of Mars, which expands the potential areas for searching for microbial life and challenges the established idea that the planet is completely dry.
On May 28, American entrepreneur, billionaire and head of the space corporation SpaceX Elon Musk named a flight to Mars as his main goal. At the same time, he did not rule out the possibility of a flight to the Moon.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
