Hyundai has for decades poured billions into America's South. Then ICE rattled its biggest US project yet.

"The impact of an immigration raid on a sprawling Hyundai factory on Thursday is reverberating far beyond its home in rural Georgia. The operation, called by one US official the "largest single-site enforcement operation" in history, detained nearly 500 workers, most of them South Korean. It also jolted a company that has poured billions into America's South, helping transform the region into a major global auto manufacturing hub."

"Gi-Wook Shin, a sociology professor and founding director of Stanford University's Korean Studies Program, told Business Insider that the raid puts South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in a difficult position. The Korean leader needs to balance the country's alliance overseas with his nation's own interests, he said. Back home, Lee faces his liberal supporters who, while not enthusiastic about Trump, nonetheless accept that the country needs to work with the US, Shin said."

An ICE enforcement operation at a sprawling Hyundai factory in rural Georgia detained nearly 500 workers, most South Korean, and was called the 'largest single-site enforcement operation' by a U.S. official. The raid disrupted a company that invested billions in America's South and helped build the region into a global auto manufacturing hub. South Korean leaders are seeking to manage repercussions domestically and in the United States. The incident complicates President Lee Jae Myung's political position between maintaining the U.S. alliance and protecting national interests amid recent commitments of massive Korean private-sector investments into the U.S.

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