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Why the J-1 Visa Program Is Broken

Every year, tens of thousands of young people from countries around the world go to work in the United States as part of an exchange program that is supposed to showcase the best that America has to offer. Instead, a New York Times investigation has found, many have been abused and exploited by unscrupulous businesses. Amy Julia Harris, a Times investigative reporter, explains.
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Trump Says U.S. Will Institute $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas

Administration officials said the charge would help American workers. President Trump also announced the terms of a new “gold card” program.

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President Trump signed a proclamation instituting a $100,000 fee for visas given to some highly skilled foreign workers.
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Trump’s Reversals on Immigration Mount Over Economic Concerns

President Trump has walked back some significant immigration policies that collide with his economic agenda, angering his far-right allies.

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Immigration officers during an arrest operation in Florida in May.
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Funicular Crash Has Jarred Lisbon’s Sense of Itself

Lisbon has transformed itself in recent years into a destination for international investors. A funicular crash that killed 16 people has prompted soul-searching about the changes in the city.

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Freed South Korean Workers Return From the U.S. to Tearful Cheers

The workers, whose detention in a workplace immigration sweep set off outrage in South Korea, expressed both relief and anger.

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South Korean workers arriving at Incheon International Airport in Incheon on Friday.
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South Korean Leader Warns of U.S. Investments After Hyundai-LG Plant Raid

President Lee Jae Myung made the comments as hundreds of South Korean workers swept in an immigration raid were flying home on Thursday.

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President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea during a news conference in Seoul on Thursday.
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Delayed Release of Workers Detained in Georgia Raid Fuels Anger in Korea

It is unclear when the South Korean detainees will be repatriated. They were previously scheduled to depart the United States on Wednesday.

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A rally in Seoul on Tuesday in support of the South Korean workers arrested in an immigration raid in the United States.
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Raid on Georgia E.V. Battery Plant Raises New Risks for a Shaken Industry

Foreign manufacturers were already dealing with tariffs and the end of E.V. tax credits. Now, they face greater scrutiny of their workers’ immigration status.

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The LG Energy Solution battery cell manufacturing plant in Holland, Mich. The immigration raid on the Georgia plant has sent shivers through the industry.
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Raid on Georgia E.V. Battery Plant Raises New Risks for a Shaken Industry

Foreign manufacturers were already dealing with tariffs and the end of E.V. tax credits. Now, they face greater scrutiny of their workers’ immigration status.

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The LG Energy Solution battery cell manufacturing plant in Holland, Mich. The immigration raid on the Georgia plant has sent shivers through the industry.
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What We Know About the Hyundai-LG Plant Immigration Raid in Georgia

Several hundred workers, most of them South Korean nationals, were detained at the construction site of a sprawling electric vehicle battery plant on Thursday.

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Heavy machinery at a standstill at the site of an electric vehicle battery plant co-owned by Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution, in Ellabell, Ga., on Friday.
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South Korea Negotiates Release of Korean Workers Detained in Georgia Raid

The South Korean government said on Sunday that it would send a charter plane to the United States to retrieve hundreds of workers detained in an immigration raid.

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Heavy machinery at a standstill at the site of an electric vehicle battery plant co-owned by Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution, in Ellabell, Ga., on Friday.
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Immigration Raid Exposes Tensions From Seoul to Washington to Rural Georgia

The raid at a Georgia plant being built with heavy investment from South Korea reveals strain as a rush to expand manufacturing in the United States clashes with an immigration crackdown.

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Vehicles move on the line at the Hyundai Motor Group plant in Ellabell, Ga. in March. Another part of that complex, still under construction, was raided on Thursday.
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Immigration Raid on Hyundai-LG Plant in Georgia Rattles South Korea

The country said it had sent diplomats to the site, and South Korea’s foreign minister said he might travel to Washington himself to address the matter.

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A Hyundai plant in Ellabell, Ga., in March. On Thursday, U.S. law enforcement officers arrested hundreds of South Korean nationals at a neighboring construction site owned by Hyundai and LG.
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Keir Starmer’s Miserable Moment in the U.K. Has Nigel Farage Gloating

The resignation on Friday of Angela Rayner, Britain’s deputy prime minister, was the latest setback for Prime Minister Keir Starmer as he battles the rise of the right-wing populist Nigel Farage.

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Angela Rayner in March at 10 Downing Street in London. Her resignation as Britain’s deputy prime minister came after two weeks of questions about her tax problems.
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A Right-Wing Wave in Britain Produces a Teenage Civic Leader

As Reform U.K. meets for its annual conference, the experience of its youngest municipal leader, George Finch, shows a party trying to combine caution and provocation.

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George Finch, left, leader of Warwickshire County Council, appearing at a news conference alongside Reform U.K.’s leader, Nigel Farage, last month.
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A Right-Wing Wave in Britain Produces a Teenage Civic Leader

As Reform U.K. meets for its annual conference, the experience of its youngest municipal leader, George Finch, shows a party trying to combine caution and provocation.

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George Finch, left, leader of Warwickshire County Council, appearing at a news conference alongside Reform U.K.’s leader, Nigel Farage, last month.
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