{"id":408021,"date":"2025-09-08T14:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T14:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/408021\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T14:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T14:36:11","slug":"noem-says-roundup-of-koreans-at-hyundai-plant-in-georgia-wont-deter-investment-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/408021\/","title":{"rendered":"Noem says roundup of Koreans at Hyundai plant in Georgia won’t deter investment in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON (AP) \u2014 U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem<\/a> said Monday she doesn\u2019t think the detention of hundreds of South Koreans<\/a> in an immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia will deter investment in the United States because such tough actions mean there is no uncertainty about the Trump administration\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n

The detention of 475 workers, more than 300 of them South Korean, in the Sept. 4 raid<\/a> has caused confusion, shock and a sense of betrayal among many in the U.S.-allied nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a great opportunity for us to make sure that all companies are reassured that when you come to the United States, you\u2019ll know what the rules of the game are,\u201d Noem said at a meeting in London of ministers from the \u201cFive Eyes\u201d intelligence-sharing partnership focused on border security.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re encouraging all companies who want to come to the United States and help our economy and employ people, that we encourage them to employ U.S. citizens and to bring people to our country that want to follow our laws and work here the right way,\u201d she told reporters.<\/p>\n

The detained Koreans would be deported after most were detained for ignoring removal orders, while \u201ca few\u201d had engaged in other criminal activity and will \u201cface the consequences,\u201d Noem said.<\/p>\n

Newly appointed U.K. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood welcomed Noem and ministers from Canada, Australia and New Zealand to the 18th-century headquarters of the Honourable Artillery Company for talks on countering unauthorized migration, child sexual abuse and the spread of opioids.<\/p>\n

Mahmood, who was given the interior minister job in a shakeup of Prime Minister Keir Starmer\u2019s Cabinet<\/a> on Friday, said the ministers would \u201cagree new measures to protect our borders with our Five Eyes partners, hitting people-smugglers hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

The far-flung countries are close allies with some common problems but also widely differ in their approaches to migration. The Trump administration\u2019s program of street raids<\/a>, mass detentions<\/a> and large-scale deportations of unauthorized migrants has drawn domestic and international criticism and a host of legal challenges<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Noem says tough measures are an inspiration to others <\/p>\n

Noem said there had not been disagreements among the ministers in talks focused on sharing information on criminal gangs, using technology to disrupt their networks and speeding extradition arrangements.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think that the discussion today has covered politics at all,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is what resources do we have that we can share so we can each protect our countries better?\u201d<\/p>\n

Noem said that \u201cwhen we put tough measures in place, the more that we can talk about that and share that is an inspiration to other countries to do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

She denied a plan to expand<\/a> immigration raids and deploy the National Guard<\/a> in Chicago, which has met with opposition from local and state authorities, was on hold.<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing\u2019s on hold. Everything is full speed ahead,\u201d Noem told reporters, saying \u201cwe can run as many operations every single day as we need to, to keep America safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also attending Monday\u2019s talks were Canadian Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, Australia\u2019s Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke and Judith Collins, the attorney general and defense minister of New Zealand.<\/p>\n

UK grapples with migrant crossings <\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s center-left Labour government is struggling to bring down the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats<\/a>, some 30,000 so far this year. It faces calls from opposition parties to leave the European Convention on Human Rights in order to take tougher action.<\/p>\n

The government says it won\u2019t do that, but may tweak the interpretation of the rights convention in British law. It has struck a deal with France to return some migrants who cross the channel and is working on similar agreements with other countries.<\/p>\n

Mahmood said Monday that the U.K. could suspend issuing visas to people from countries that do not agree to take back their citizens with no right to remain in Britain, though she did not name any potential countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do expect countries to play ball, play by the rules, and if one of your citizens has no right to be in our country, you do need to take them back,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON (AP) \u2014 U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday she doesn\u2019t think the detention of hundreds…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5311],"tags":[186,49570,2306,32,34734,140533,4179,2307,5212,40,140532,807,49406,7136,35862,285,140531,71958,15,49,5213,978,659,10673,263],"class_list":{"0":"post-408021","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-border-security","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-donald-trump","12":"tag-ga-state-wire","13":"tag-gary-anandasangaree","14":"tag-general-news","15":"tag-georgia","16":"tag-government-policy","17":"tag-immigration","18":"tag-judith-collins","19":"tag-keir-starmer","20":"tag-kristi-noem","21":"tag-legal-proceedings","22":"tag-manufacturing-sector","23":"tag-politics","24":"tag-tony-burke","25":"tag-u-s-department-of-homeland-security","26":"tag-united-kingdom","27":"tag-united-states","28":"tag-united-states-government","29":"tag-us","30":"tag-usa","31":"tag-washington-news","32":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115169184124132848","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}