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.

South Korea expresses concern over U.S. immigration raid at Hyundai plant, detaining South Korean nationals.

The raid has sparked an angry response from South Korea which called it an unjust infringement of people's rights.