"The circumstances of the raid were just absolutely abusive, not only in their scope and just the sheer size of it, but the way that the folks at the Hyundai plant were treated by law enforcement,"
"It is disturbing to see hundreds of people arrested, shackled at their waist and ankles, and loaded into buses and taken to an abusive detention center."
Federal agents arrested nearly 500 workers at a Hyundai construction site in Georgia, marking the largest single-site immigration enforcement action in U.S. history. Most of those detained were Korean nationals building an electric vehicle battery plant connected to Hyundai's more than $12 billion investment in the state. South Korean officials criticized the raids, arranged a charter plane to repatriate detained workers, and signaled uncertainty about larger bilateral investment and tariff arrangements. None of the detained workers have been charged, many reportedly hold valid U.S. work permits, and witnesses described heavily armed agents, tear gas, shackling, and transport to a GEO Group-run detention facility previously cited for safety violations.
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