On the other hand, I envy USA for enforcing their visas. Europe follows American criminality stats by 10 years, so when we used to mock USA for George Floyd, we’re now in it; for Korean shop owners, we’re now in it; For random knives in busses, we’re in it, and with school shootings, it’s just a matter of time until it happens.

And European people are much farther away from reaching the conclusion that law must be enforced in multicultural nations.

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/09/10/the-ice-r...

> I'm not particularly sympathetic to Hyundai here, and it wouldn't be surprising if they subcontracted a sublegal operation to cut costs

Often Visa systems are overly complex and it's just a matter of bureaucracy making things impossible within a particular timeline. My cynical lens on this is that someone with a vested interest (like a competing company or a lobbyist from a competing industry) that has the ear of the administration has made this happen.

All the same, I imagine this only worsens the risk assessment for the US as a place of investment and business.

> whether any of these hundreds of people were actually working without an appropriate visa

IIRC It appears that many of those arrested entered the country using ESTA which is tourism purposes only. They are likely subcontractors of this company.

> It's quite hard to imagine none of them have cases even worth hearing

I think it's due to the related investigation was conducted quickly, as most of them entered the country for the same purpose.