"South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has ordered all-out efforts to respond to the arrests of hundreds of the country's citizens in an immigration raid on a Hyundai Motor-LG car battery factory in the United States. Thursday's arrest of some 475 workers more than 300 of them South Korean nationals at the plant near Savannah in the southern US state of Georgia was the largest single-site enforcement operation carried out by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an arm of the US Department of Homeland Security."
"We are deeply concerned and feel a heavy sense of responsibility over the arrests of our nationals, Cho was quoted by Yonhap before an emergency meeting on Saturday to tackle the incident. We will discuss sending a senior Foreign Ministry official to the site without delay, and, if necessary, I will personally travel to Washington to hold consultations with the US administration, he said."
More than 300 South Korean nationals were among roughly 475 workers arrested in an ICE immigration enforcement action at a Hyundai Motor-LG battery plant under construction near Savannah, Georgia. The operation was reported as the largest single-site enforcement action by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. South Korean President Lee Jae-myung ordered all-out efforts to address the arrests. Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said the government has formed a response team, expressed deep concern, and indicated willingness to send officials or travel to Washington to seek consultations to protect Koreans' rights and corporate business operations. The raid was linked to a wider US immigration crackdown.
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