"SEOUL, South Korea South Korea on Friday expressed "concern and regret" over a major U.S. immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles. South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lee Jaewoong described the number of detained South Koreans as "large" though he did not provide an exact figure. His ministry would not confirm or deny South Korean media reports saying that about 300 South Koreans were detained in Georgia on Thursday."
"The Atlanta office of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which assisted immigration authorities at the site, posed on the social media site X that about 450 people total were apprehended. Hyundai's South Korean office didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. Thursday's raid targeted one of Georgia's largest and most high-profile manufacturing sites, touted by the governor and other officials as the largest economic development project in the state's history."
South Korea expressed "concern and regret" over a major U.S. immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lee Jaewoong described the number of detained South Koreans as "large" and the ministry would not confirm or deny media reports that about 300 were detained. The Atlanta office of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives posted that about 450 people total were apprehended. ICE confirmed federal authorities conducted an enforcement operation focused on the construction site for the adjacent battery plant at the 3,000-acre site west of Savannah. Hyundai began EV manufacturing there a year ago; the $7.6 billion plant employs about 1,200 people.
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