Hyundai Battery Plant Faces at Least 2-3 Month Startup Delay Following US Raid, CEO Says
The ICE raid detained 475 foreign workers, mostly South Koreans, causing a 2-3 month delay in the $4.3 billion Hyundai-LG battery plant opening and stirring diplomatic tensions.
- A raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on September 4 at a Hyundai-linked battery plant in Georgia will delay production by at least two to three months, according to CEO José Muñoz.
- The raid resulted in the detention of 475 workers, many of whom were South Korean, leading to outrage in South Korea.
- U.S. officials made an agreement to allow over 300 detained workers to return to South Korea, as they chose to return home instead of training American workers.
- Hyundai's planned $12.6 billion investment in Georgia is now at risk due to the delays caused by the raid and public outrage over the detentions.
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Families in crisis after massive immigration raid at Hyundai plant in
Ever since a massive immigration raid on a Hyundai manufacturing site swept up nearly 500 workers in southeast Georgia, Rosie Harrison said her organization’s phones have been ringing nonstop with panicked families in need of help. “We have individuals returning calls every day, but the list doesn’t end,” Harrison said. She runs an apolitical non-profit called Grow Initiative that connects low-income families — immigrant and non-immigrant alike …
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Families in crisis after massive immigration raid at Hyundai plant in Georgia
After Koreans detained in a historic raid on a Georgia Hyundai plant were sent home, lawyers and social workers say the nearly 200 non-Korean workers ensnared in the crackdown remain in legal limbo.
Hyundai’s US Auto Plants Are Rife With Labor Abuses
The raids at a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia earlier this month illustrate the impunity of Donald Trump’s brutal immigration crackdown. They also shine a spotlight on Hyundai’s labor practices, including exploitation of vulnerable migrant workers. A worker assembles a vehicle on the production floor of the Ellabell Hyundai Metaplant electric vehicle manufacturing facility in June. (Elijah Nouvelage / Bloomberg via Getty Images) Four hundred …
A battery factory in the state of Georgia, built through a partnership between Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution, will record a delay of at least two and a half months at the end of the production, after last week was seen by the biggest...
Georgia Battery Plant Raid Spotlights Hyundai’s Horrible Labor Practices
The raids at Hyundai throw into sharp relief the impunity of President Donald Trump’s brutal immigration crackdown. They also shine a spotlight on Hyundai’s employment and labor practices, including hiring workers on short-term visitor visas that prohibit working in the U.S.
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