The 475 South Korean workers detained during a major immigration raid at a Hyundai electric vehicle battery plant in Georgia will be released and repatriated, officials confirmed Sunday. The decision follows negotiations between Seoul and Washington after the raid, which was carried out by US immigration authorities last week.
The operation temporarily halted construction at the $7.6 billion factory, one of Georgia’s largest industrial in the projects and described by the governor as the most significant economic development in the state’s history. Federal agents called it the biggest single-site immigration raid in their history.
Seoul expressed “concern and regret” over the arrests and the dispatched diplomats to the site. US officials said the raid was part of a long-running criminal investigation into the illegal hiring practices, marking a notable move in President Donald Trump’s broader immigration crackdown.
Hyundai began EV production at the facility a year ago, which currently employs around 1,200 workers. Footage from the scene showed employees in safety vests lined up as Homeland Security agents announced the site-wide search.
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