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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0fe42eb7de8c83e7fcb81d62f6d3ad08 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1c0404;font-size:14px"><strong>Hundreds of workers detained in major Ice raid at US Hyundai EV battery factory being set up in Ellabell, Georgia, on Thursday September 4 </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-db9fa1b3e3232ac4ee313bacdef6c6f6 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1c0404;font-size:14px"><strong>475 people were arrested at factory manufacturing batteries for Hyundai and Kia vehicles</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-78defa7e92b739d5b3cb208183767743 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1c0404;font-size:14px"><strong>Multiple federal agencies, including ICE, FBI and the DEA “conducted a judicially authorized enforcement operation, as we are actively conducting an investigation into unlawful employment practices” &#8211; Steven Schrank, DHS Special Agent in charge </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-22bea3c77b26d54293178a81599bd83d wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1c0404;font-size:14px"><strong>$4.3bn plant is a joint venture between South Korean Auto giant, Hyundai motor and battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution, part of Hyundai’s $12.6bn investments in Georgia</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d14171766bb3103d03eb6dcff5d83bb2 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1c0404;font-size:14px"><strong>300 of detainees identified as South Korean nationals by South Korean media who announced a higher figure of 560 people detained </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c003f8b6e786a769b979ba4ad81633da wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1c0404;font-size:14px"><strong>South Korea’s foreign ministry said that “many of our nationals” had been detained and expressed concern about the impact of the raid</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>South Korea has expressed is concern after 475 workers were arrested at a factory under construction to manufacture batteries for Hyundai and Kia cars in Ellabell, Georgia on Thursday Sept. 4. 300 of the detainees are Korean nationals</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Hundreds of workers at a factory being built in in Ellabell, Georgia, to manufacture car batteries for Hyundai and Kia electric vehicles were detained in a huge raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE], on Thursday September 4, that stopped construction at the $4.3bn facility.<br>The facility is part of what would be the biggest industrial investment in the state’s history and had been hailed as a huge boost for the economy by Governor Brian Kemp, a Republican.<br>Social media video footage showed officers from several federal agencies shepherding workers in yellow safety vests after informing them : “We have a search warrant for the whole site. We need construction to cease immediately. We need all work to end on the site right now.”<br>At least 475 people were arrested, according to the Atlanta office of the ATF. At a press conference on Friday, an official with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said that a majority of the 475 people arrested were Korean nationals. <br>They detainees for now are being held at a facility in Folkston, Georgia, until the agency decides their next destination.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The factory set up in Ellabell, Georgia, to manufactures car batteries for Hyundai and Kia electric vehicles is owned by South Korean auto giant, <strong>Hyundai Motors. Thursday&#8217;s raid, a setback to the company’s substantial investment in Georgia, is seen as a dramatic iteration of the Trump administration’s bullish crackdown on immigrants </strong> </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The battery factory is a joint venture between South Korean automotive company Hyundai Motor and another South Korean manufacturing giant, LG Energy Solutions [LGES].<br>Announcing higher figures., the Korea Economic Daily later reported about 560 workers at the Hyundai facility and LG Energy Solution, [LGES], had been detained, identifying 300 of the workers arrested as South Korean nationals. <br>Hyundai has several international manufacturing facilities, but Thursday&#8217;s raid appears to have dealt a setback to the company’s substantial investments in the US. <br>Observers say this a dramatic iteration of the Trump administration’s bullish crackdown on immigration with latent impact on inflow of foreign investment.<br>A government official representing South Korea, the home of Hyundai Motor, said those arrested were being held at an Ice detention facility.<br>South Korea’s foreign ministry said that “many of our nationals” had been detained and expressed concern about the impact of the raid.<br>“The economic activities of our companies investing in the United States and the interests of our citizens must not be unduly violated during the course of US law enforcement,” a ministry spokesperson, Lee Jae-woong, said in a statement on Friday.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Multiple federal agencies, including ICE, FBI and the DEA “conducted a judicially authorized enforcement operation, as we are actively conducting an investigation into unlawful employment practices” &#8211; Steven Schrank, Special Agent in charge of DHS Investigations for Georgia</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">An agent at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said multiple federal agencies, including Ice, the FBI and the DEA “conducted a judicially authorized enforcement operation, as we are actively conducting an investigation into unlawful employment practices”.<br>“Arrests are being made,” Steven Schrank, the special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations for Georgia, said in a news briefing.<br>The battery production facility, was due to start operations at the end of this year, according to LGES, to power electric vehicles.<br>In 2023, Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution announced the $4.3bn venture to produce EV battery cells, with each company holding a 50% stake in the plant which will supply batteries for Hyundai and Kia vehicles. <br>Hyundai-GA battery company announcing it&#8217;s full cooperation, said construction work is paused. Partner&#8217;s<br>Hyundai Motor said its production of electric vehicles at the sprawling site was not affected.<br>The battery factory is part of Hyundai’s $12.6bn investments in Georgia, including the automaker’s just-opened car factory, in what would be “the largest economic development project in the state’s history” and is part of a bigger investment in US industry by the South Korean company, announced in March amidst wide ranging ramping up on tariffs by the Trump administration.</p>

475 people detained in ICE raid on Hyundai, LGES EV battery factory in Georgia on Thursday
