US Edition475 people detained in raid by ICE, other agencies at huge Hyundai site in Georgia, officials say
The raid targeted a 3,000-acre battery plant construction site amid an investigation into unlawful employment practices, detaining about 450 workers, including many South Koreans, officials said.
- On September 4, federal agents arrested about 475 people at a Hyundai battery plant construction site in Georgia, marking one of the largest immigration raids during the Trump administration.
- The operation involved multiple federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI, executing a judicial search warrant for alleged unlawful employment practices.
- Beth Kennedy, spokesperson for the HL-GA Battery Company, stated that the company is cooperating fully with the appropriate authorities regarding activity at the construction site.
- There were no injuries or 'uses of force' during the operation, as confirmed by a special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations Atlanta.
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The raid in Ellabell is the largest single operation in the history of the US Department of Domestic Protection
Immigration Raid at Georgia Hyundai Plant: What We Know
Federal law enforcement authorities are defending the detention Thursday of 475 workers at Hyundai’s electric vehicle battery plant west of Savannah – most Korean nationals – amid complaints from the South Korean government and Democrats. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security executed a search warrant on a construction site as part of a monthslong investigation […] The post Immigration Raid at Georgia Hyundai Plant: What We Know appeared firs…
ICE arrests 475 workers in raid at Georgia Hyundai battery plant | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
ATLANTA/WASHINGTON/SEOUL >> Hundreds of workers at a Hyundai Motor car battery facility under construction in Georgia were detained in a major raid by U.S. authorities late on Thursday, stopping work on a plant that is one of the Korean automaker’s major investments in the U.S.
Several hundred South Korean nationals were arrested in Georgia, United States of America, all involved in the construction of a battery plant for Hyundai and LG companies.
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