ICE raid on Hyundai plant in Georgia swept up workers on visitor visas
Authorities said that many car workers arrested in a major workplace immigration raid of the United States violated visitor visas.
Migration and Customs Protection (ICE) found that 475 people mostly worked illegally at a Hyundai battery facility in Georgian state of South Korean citizens – Thursday.
“People in the short -term or entertainment visa are not authorized to work in the USA.” Ice, the pressure is necessary to protect American affairs, he added.
South Korea, which promised to deposit billions of dollars to felt US industries in the coming years, sent diplomats to Georgia to avoid tariffs and asked for respect for citizens’ rights.
The arrested workers were held at a ice plant in Folkston until the agency decided to carry them next.
It is reported that 300 of those detained are Korean citizens. Hyundai said that none of them were employed directly by the company.
LG Energy Solution, which operates with Hyundai, said that the biggest priority of the BBC is to ensure the safety and welfare of its employees and partners and that they will “cooperate with the relevant authorities”.
On Friday, the ice office in Savannah city, the pressure “is a part of an ongoing, ongoing criminal investigation,” he said.
“The individuals arrested during the operation were found illegally working by violating the conditions of their visas and/or status.”
However, an immigrant lawyer in Atlanta, Charles Kuck, told the New York Times that two of his customers were caught wrong.
He said that the couple was under a visa waiver program that allowed the couple to travel for tourism or business up to 90 days in the USA.
On Friday, “My customers were doing exactly what they were allowed to do under visa waiver – participated in business meetings.” He said.
He said one of them was only coming on Tuesday and leaving next week.
ICE said one of the detainees was a Mexican citizen and a green card with a long rap page.
According to ICE, the individual had previously been convicted of having a narcotics who had previously tried to sell a stolen firearms and theft.
Internal Security Investigations (HSI) Special agent Steven Schrank said, “We welcome all companies that want to invest in the US.
“And if they need to bring workers for buildings or other projects, it’s okay – but they need to do it legally.
He continued: “This process sends a clear message that the use of the system will be held responsible for those who use the system and weaken our labor force.”
“Korean investment companies’ economic activities and the rights and interests of Korean citizens should not be unjustly violated during the US law enforcement operations,” South Korean Foreign Ministry said in a statement to RAID.
RAID creates a possible tension between the two biggest priorities of President Donald Trump – creating production within the United States and breaking illegal migration. It can also stress the country’s relationship with a key ally.
President Trump said in the Oval office on Friday: “They were illegal aliens, and Ice was just doing their job.”
A reporter was asked by Seoul about the reaction of Seoul: “Well, we want to agree with other countries and we want to have a wonderful, stable labor force.
“And as far as I understand, there are many illegal alien, some are not the best, but we had many illegal aliens working there.”
While Trump is working to bring large investments from other countries, he also fulfilled the tariffs he said he would give manufacturers incentives in the USA.
The President also carried out a campaign to destroy illegal migration and told supporters that immigrants believed that they had stolen businesses from Americans.
The factory, which makes new electric vehicles, was launched by the Governor of Georgia as the largest economic development project in the state’s history of employing 1,200 people.
