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by anonfordays 285 days ago
>You believe a state propaganda feed? In 2025??

"Trust the experts!"

>Much more likely? 450 koreans working here legally but not carrying papers on them because american is supposed to be a free country.

The facts will inevitably be: hundreds of Korean nationals were illegally working in the US. The correction will be a small blurb somewhere, posted months from now, after the next fake new outrage comes about.

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> "Trust the experts!"

Trust the experts only makes sense if you’re talking about something where experts exist, and are speaking.

ICE et all is a goon squad, and most of their employees have only a high school diploma and a few months experience driving around in white vans disappearing seniors. If i need that done, i know who to trust. If i need the truth? They are not experts in the truth.

But ok, let’s say we believe them. By their own stats, 30% of the people they arrest are let go without charges or deportation. So by their own accounting, 450 arrests will be 315 deportation/incarcerations, and 135 people treated like cattle for having the wrong skin color or an accent. And given the complete lack of due process why on earth should we even believe them about the 315?

Given all that has happened in the past 220+ days it is more probable that the real underlying truth will be this is a targeted raid to either enact revenge upon Georgia for not playing ball with Trump v1.0, and/or to exert pressure on Hyundai and South Korea to squeeze more juice.
Both can be true: this can be a targeted raid by an administration obsessed with petrol powered vehicles, and the Korean workers are working illegally.