Federal and immigration agents conducted a massive raid on a Hyundai facility in Ellabell, Georgia, last week, arresting 475 people.

Federal officials said their goal was to ensure a level playing field for American workers.

South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lee Jaewoong described the number of detained South Koreans as “large,” though he did not provide an exact figure.

Immigration authorities detained 475 people, most of them South Koreans, during a raid on Hyundai's EV manufacturing site in Georgia.

But one immigration lawyer in Atlanta says his clients were wrongly caught up in the raid.

The shocked but subdued reaction to the arrest of hundreds of Koreans at the site reflected the delicate position of a government engaged in tense trade talks with the Trump…

South Korean government responds to mass arrests of citizens in U.S. immigration raid on Hyundai factory.

US immigration officials detained 475 workers on Thursday - most of them South Korean nationals - saying they were working illegally.

Nearly 500 people, most of them South Korean nationals, were detained after federal agents descended on a sprawling site where Hyundai makes electric vehicles.

Nearly 500 people, most of them South Korean nationals, were detained after federal agents descended on a sprawling site where Hyundai makes electric vehicles.

South Korea’s government held an emergency meeting following the operation at the US plant

South Korea said Sunday it reached a deal with the U.S. for the release of South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia.

Several hundred workers, most of them South Korean nationals, were detained at the construction site of a sprawling electric vehicle battery plant on Thursday.

South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid in the US state of Georgia are to be released and flown home.

More than 300 South Korean workers at a Georgia battery plant were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Hundreds of federal agents raided the electric vehicle manufacturing site in Georgia, detaining 475 people and stunning South Korea, a key U.S. ally.

Some 400 US agents took part in the immigration raid on the Hyundai facility, detaining hundreds of workers, many South Korean nationals.

Federal and immigration agents conducted a massive raid on a Hyundai facility in Ellabell, Georgia, last week, arresting 475 people.

The immigration raid on a Hyundai plant last week could leave other companies scrambling to make changes.

More than 300 South Koreans were rounded up in the Sept. 4 raid at the battery factory under construction at Hyundai’s sprawling auto plant in Georgia.

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