SEOUL: Seoul said Friday that US immigration authorities detained a number of South Koreans during a major raid on a battery plant in Georgia, urging Washington not to infringe on its citizens’ “legitimate rights.”
On Thursday local time, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE raided the “site of a (South Korean) company’s battery plant in Georgia,” ministry spokesperson Lee Jae-woong told reporters.
“Multiple Korean nationals were detained,” he said.
The Atlanta office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said on X it had detained around 450 “unlawful aliens” during an enforcement at the battery site, a joint venture between Hyundai and LG
Yonhap said more than 300 South Korean nationals were detained at the plant, citing a diplomatic source.
