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

The South Korean authorities said it is moving to instrumentality its nationals who were detained successful an immigration raid connected a Hyundai installation successful Georgia past week.

Federal and migration agents conducted a monolithic expanse connected the works successful Ellabell, Georgia, arresting 475 radical arsenic portion of an probe into allegations of unlawful employment practices. A South Korean spokesperson told NBC News that much than 300 of the arrests were South Korean nationals.

U.S. authorities, who had a hunt warrant, said the arrested workers were moving oregon surviving successful the state illegally.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's bureau said Sunday that detainees volition beryllium returned to South Korea connected a chartered flight. When asked for remark connected Monday, Hyundai directed CNBC to its Friday statement that said it is "committed to afloat compliance with each laws and regulations successful each market."

Thursday's raid, the latest successful President Donald Trump's crackdown connected amerciable immigration, marked the Department of Homeland Security's largest single-site enforcement cognition successful its history, according to Steven Schrank, peculiar cause successful complaint of Homeland Security Investigations successful Georgia.

White House borderline czar Tom Homan told CNN's "State of the Union" connected Sunday that the Trump medication would continue focusing connected workplaces for migration raids.

"We're going to bash much worksite enforcement operations," helium said. "These companies that prosecute amerciable aliens, they undercut their contention that's paying U.S. national salaries."

The Georgia works is location to South Korean companies Hyundai and LG Energy Solution, which are gathering a artillery manufacturing works together. The $7.6 cardinal Hyundai plant employs much than 1,200 people. The institution began gathering its manufacturing plant successful 2022 and started making electrical vehicles little than 2 years later, making the works 1 of the largest economical developments successful the state.

LG Energy Solution said connected Saturday that 47 of its employees were detained, on with an further 250 radical from "equipment spouse companies."

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

In a Friday statement, U.S. Attorney Margaret Heap said much than 400 agents took portion successful the raid.

"The extremity of this cognition is to trim amerciable employment and forestall employers from gaining an unfair vantage by hiring unauthorized workers," Heap said successful the statement. "Another extremity is to support unauthorized workers from exploitation."

In a connection to NBC News connected Friday, Hyundai said it was monitoring the concern and that nary of the detainees were nonstop employees of the car company.

The South Korean authorities said connected Friday that it conveyed its "concern and regret" to the U.S. Embassy and urged them to guarantee the South Korean employees' rights were not violated.

"In the people of U.S. instrumentality enforcement, the economical activities of our concern firms and the rights and interests of our nationals indispensable not beryllium unjustly infringed upon," said Lee Jae-woong, a spokesperson for South Korea's overseas ministry.

In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote that helium is calling connected each overseas companies investing successful the U.S. to "please respect our Nation's Immigration Laws."

"Your Investments are welcome, and we promote you to LEGALLY bring your precise astute people, with large method talent, to physique World Class products, and we volition marque it rapidly and legally imaginable for you to bash so. What we inquire successful instrumentality is that you prosecute and bid American Workers," helium wrote.

Speaking to reporters connected Sunday, Trump besides said the raid had nary transportation to the economical ties betwixt the 2 countries, saying that the U.S. has "a large relationship" with South Korea.

Hyundai told NBC News Monday greeting that concern question to the U.S. remains successful place, with immoderate trips taxable to interior review.