US Edition‘They Stormed the Place, Detaining Everyone’: Latinos Recount Huge ICE Raid at Hyundai Plant
The largest single-site enforcement operation by Homeland Security Investigations resulted in 475 arrests, mostly South Korean nationals, amid a Trump administration crackdown on unauthorized labor.
- ICE and HSI executed a raid that arrested 475 people at the Hyundai Motor-LG Energy Solution battery plant construction site near Savannah, Georgia, halting all work on Thursday, September 4.
- HSI says the operation grew from a multi-month criminal investigation and is part of the Trump administration enforcement campaign targeting unauthorized labor.
- Officials added that most detainees were South Korean nationals and tied to subcontractors and subcontractors for the subcontractors, while Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution said they will cooperate but Hyundai Motor insisted none were its direct employees.
- The pause in construction immediately threatens the 2026 production start and $10 billion investment, and Cho Hyun, South Korea's Minister of Foreign Affairs, may visit Washington over deep concern about arrests.
- South Korean commentators suggested the Trump administration visa and enforcement policies push investment while tightening work-visa access, provoking South Korean media and public social media reaction fearing chilled future U.S. investment.
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