Trump seeks to limit fallout from Hyundai immigration raid
A protest poster depicting US President Donald Trump at the Incheon International Airport in South Korea on September 12, 2025, after the goal of a plane holding hundreds of South Korean workers detained as part of the US immigration at a Hyundai-lg facility in Georgia.
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US President Donald Trump and his administration took action to limit the sprinkle of immigrant printing at a South Korean battery facility in Georgia on Monday, on September 4th.
Georgian Facility, Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution, 475 workers were arrested for allegations that they were illegally or without appropriate work permits in the United States, and hundreds of South Korean were sent home on Thursday.
The raid was part of the White House, the Trump administration, which Trump’s election campaign, as the center of fulfilling its promises. Stephen Miller, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the White House and internal security adviser, asked for 3,000 arrests a day.
With reactions and concerns about how Raid’s efforts to bring production back to the USA, Trump, Trump, Trump, in a article Real social Monday stressed that foreign workers are “welcome” in the country.
Trump said that foreign companies want to build complex products, machines and various other “things”, but that these foreign workers are finally expected to return home, but they want to educate their qualified employees to educate their domestic labor force.
“If we do not do this, all these big investments will never come at first … I do not want to scare or determine the investment in America by foreign countries or companies.” He said.
Meanwhile, Christopher Landau, the US’s best diplomat, stated that he regretted the immigrant raid at a meeting with South Korean colleagues at the weekend and shows that the event can be used as a turning point to strengthen bilateral relations. According to the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Landau also said that South Korean workers would not encounter any disadvantages in re -entering the US and that Washington would try to prevent similar events.
More sprinkling?
In addition to Washington’s conciliatory statements, Landau is in an article in X, the US Department of State of Foreign Affairs ” [the South Koreans] Get necessary and appropriate visas to comply with our laws. “
South Korean State Media Report Washington has agreed to establish a new “Visa Working Group” for the country and contains the desire for a separate US visa quota for the workers of Seoul.
Currently, the US allows employers to hire “temporarily” in expert professions “in expert professions within the scope of the H-1B Visa program, but the system is quite selective due to an annual border and lottery system.
A South Korean presidential spokesman He told the local media On Monday, Seoul is conducting a more comprehensive examination at the Georgian battery facility to determine whether there are any human rights violations during the US immigration sanction.
US government officials said hundreds of workers detained in the facility remained illegal in the country.
Experts, CNBC, the US Department of Internal Security in the history of the largest enforcement operation in the history of immigration actions, other foreign enterprises can lead to re -evaluating the labor force in the United States, he said.
LG Energy Solution told CNBC that the start of the Georgia home battery facility last week was postponed from 2025 to 2026. However, the company claimed that the decision was related to external factors, including general market conditions, not the last event.
Many other South Korean technology giants invest in billions of facilities in the US as part of their reshaping efforts, including semiconductor companies. Samsung Electronics And SK Hynix.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, the United States will deterrence the future investment, he added.
