US EditionImmigration Raid on Hyundai-LG Plant in Georgia Rattles South Korea
The largest Homeland Security Investigations operation led to 475 arrests, mostly South Korean nationals, focusing on unlawful employment and immigration violations at a Georgia EV battery site.
- On Thursday, U.S. authorities arrested 475 people at an electric-vehicle battery site in Bryan County, Georgia, operated by Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution Ltd., with most detainees sent to Folkston Immigration Detention Center.
- The raid, executed under a search warrant, targeted subcontractors working for various companies in a criminal probe of unlawful employment practices, with detainees transferred to ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations.
- A diplomatic source in Seoul said more than 300 detainees are South Korean nationals, while Hyundai Motor America and LG Energy Solution said none are directly employed by Hyundai and pledged to cooperate with investigations of suppliers.
- South Korea's Foreign Ministry voiced concern and regret over the arrests of more than 300 nationals, while President Lee Jae‑myung ordered all-out efforts including a response team and possible Washington consultations.
- Authorities described the raid as the largest single‑site enforcement operation in Homeland Security Investigations' history, with U.S. Attorney Margaret Heap saying it's to reduce illegal employment and protect unauthorized workers at the electric‑vehicle battery plant reflecting South Korean investment in U.S. factories.
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Joe Biden promised 8,000 good paying jobs for Americans in a Georgia Hyundai plant that Americans funded. It is the same company that was raided this week. ICE captured 475 illegal alien workers out of the 1200 currently working in the plant. The plant was built with $5 billion tax dollars. They should be fined […] The post $5B Tax Dollars to Fund a Plant Hiring 475 Illegals Out of 1200 workers appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.
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