What to know about the Hyundai-LG plant immigration raid in Georgia

The South Korean government said he was trying to return the citizens detained in a migration raid. Hyundai The facility in Georgia last week.

Federal and immigration agents made a large scanning on the facility in Elabell, Georgia and arrested 475 people as part of the investigation into illegal employment practices. A South Korean spokesman He told NBC News More than 300 of the arrests were South Korean citizens.

The US officials, who were a search order, said that the arrested workers worked illegally in the country or lived.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s office said on Sunday, said the detainees will be returned to South Korea on a rental flight. When a comment was requested on Monday, Hyundai directed CNBC to Friday. expression “He is determined to fully comply with all laws and regulations in each market,” he said.

According to Steven Schrank, a special agent responsible for the homeland security investigations in Georgia, the last of the pressure of President Donald Trump’s pressure on illegal migration, RAID, pointed to the largest single site execution operation in the history of the Ministry of Internal Security.

White House Border Tom Homan, told CNNs “Status of the Union” On Sunday, Trump administration will continue to focus on workplaces for migration raids.

“We will do more working field implementation operations,” he said. “These companies, which hire illegal aliens, reduce their competition paying the salaries of US citizens.”

The Georgia factory is home to South Korean companies that build a battery production facility. . Hyundai facility of 7.6 billion dollars Employs more than 1,200 people. The company started to build its production facility in 2022 and started to make electric vehicles less than two years later and the facility made it one of the biggest economic developments in the state.

LG Energy Solution said on Saturday that 47 employees were detained with 250 people from “equipment partner companies”.

Schrank said that the arrested workers were employed by contractors and subcontractors.

Friday expressionUS lawyer Margaret Heap said that more than 400 agents participated in the raid.

“The aim of this operation is to reduce illegal employment and to prevent employers from getting unjust workers and getting an unfair advantage.” He said. “Another purpose is to protect unauthorized workers from exploitation.”

In a statement NBC News On Friday, Hyundai said he watched the situation and that none of the detainees were direct employees of the car company.

The South Korean government said on Friday that he conveyed his “concern and regret” to the US Embassy and called on to ensure that the rights of South Korean employees are not violated.

South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Lee Jae- “,” During the US law enforcement officers, the economic activities of our investment companies and the rights and interests of our citizens should not be unjustly violated. “He said.

One Real Social PostTrump wrote that all foreign companies investing in the United States called “please our country to respect immigration laws”.

“Your investments are welcome and we recommend that you bring your very smart people legally to build world -class products with great technical capabilities, and we will make it possible to do it quickly and legally. What we ask in return is to hire and train American workers.”

Speaking to journalists on Sunday, Trump said that pressure has no connection with the economic ties between the two countries and that the US is a “great relationship with South Korea.

Hyundai, NBC News Monday morning, some trips, subject to an internal examination, said the US business trip is in place.