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South Korean workers challenging Trump administration over Georgia raid, CNN reports
The claims allege unlawful detention, poor conditions and false imprisonment, and they could force nine federal agencies to answer for the raid.
- On Tuesday, more than 300 South Korean workers detained in last year's immigration raid at a Hyundai electric-vehicle manufacturing plant in Georgia began filing administrative claims against the U.S. government, a mandatory step before federal lawsuits.
- The September 4, 2025, raid in Ellabell, Georgia, was the largest single-site operation in Homeland Security Investigations history, though the search warrant identified only four target individuals, none of whom were among the detained Korean workers.
- Workers allege they were unlawfully detained without interpreters, forced to sign consent-to-arrest forms, and held in cramped conditions with up to 80 men in one room, seeking damages for lost work and confiscated belongings under the Federal Tort Claims Act .
- Many workers have returned to U.S. battery plants on similar visas, now carrying company-issued cards to prove their status, though workers report their image of the U.S. has been "greatly shattered."
- Administrative filings force the government to disclose the raid's justification and evidence; if the Department of Homeland Security does not respond within six months, claimants can pursue the case in federal court.
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·Madrid, Spain
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South Korean workers detained in Georgia Hyundai plant raid file claims against federal agencies
More than 300 South Korean workers detained during a massive immigration raid at a Georgia battery plant last year have begun the process of seeking damages from the U.S. government.
·New York, United States
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The Independent (US)Hundreds of workers seen shackled in massive Hyundai raid take on Trump admin: report
U.S. authorities arrested hundreds of workers, most of whom are South Korean nationals, in the raid at the Hyundai-LG battery project last September
·London, United Kingdom
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