Hundreds Detained In ICE Raid At Hyundai Plant In South Korea
September 5, 2025
4:42 pm
U.S. immigration authorities carried out a large-scale raid at a Hyundai construction site in Georgia, resulting in the arrest of 475 people, officials confirmed Friday. The operation, conducted at the 3,000-acre HL-GA Battery Company facility, marks the largest single-site enforcement action in the history of Homeland Security Investigations.
The Department of Homeland Security said agents executed a court-approved search warrant in connection with allegations of “unlawful employment practices and other serious federal crimes.” The site, built to produce electric vehicle batteries, had been operational for about a year.
According to ICE, a majority of those detained were Korean nationals, and …
