US immigration agents arrest 475 in Hyundai plant raid
Hundreds of workers were detained by the authorities in a major raid at a Hyundai motorized car battery facility in Georgian state of Georgia, and stopped working at a facility, one of the main investments of the South Korean car manufacturer in the United States.
According to US immigration officials, approximately 475 workers, the largest installation operation in the history of the US Department of Internal Security (DHS), were arrested.
The administration of President Donald Trump encourages more entrances than foreign investors, increasing pressure on immigrants and disrupting businesses throughout the country.
The US and South Korea contradict the details of a trade agreement with an investment of US $ 350 billion ($ 535 billion).
Last month at a summit, South Korea promised $ 1550 billion investment in US investments, including 26 billion dollars from Hyundai Motor.
Internal security officials, Georgia, Ellibell workers arrested, the border illegally passing or overcoming visas after the prohibition of working in the United States, he said.
Steven Schrank, a special agent responsible for the Georgian investigations at the press briefing, said the investigation took place for several months.
“This was not an immigration operation where agents entered the facility, gathered people and put on buses,” he said.
Schrank said there was a subcontractor network on the site; A Hyundai motor spokesman said that none of the detainees were not directly employed by the car manufacturer, which complies with all the laws and regulations wherever we work ”.
Schrank said that workers were kept in Ice’s Folkston at Georgian Georgian detention facility.
He said that most of 475 people were South Korean citizens.
Hyundai’s Battery joint venture spokesman, South Korean battery manufacturer LG Energy Solutions, said in a statement that he cooperated and paused construction work, he said.
According to LGES, LGES and Hyundai motor, the facility, the facility, at the end of this year would begin operations.
The White House said on Friday, “Any foreign worker brought for certain projects should enter the US with legally and appropriate working authority,” he said.
South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed regret and concern about the raid.
“The economic activities of our companies that invest in the United States and the interests of our citizens should not be unjustly violated during the US law enforcement officers,” the ministry spokesman Lee Jae-Woong said on Friday. He said.
Social media video showed a man with a vest with HSI letters that tell the workers in Yellow Security Vests: ız We have a search order for the whole site. We need construction to stop immediately. We need all work to end on the site right now. ”
The US Department of Justice said that a few people were trying to escape during the raid.
Doj said some should be hunted from a sewage pool in the field.
Hyundai said that the production of electric vehicles is not affected in the expanding area.
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