Immigration agents detained 475 people, mostly South Koreans, during a raid at Hyundai’s $7.6 billion electric vehicle manufacturing plant in Georgia.

The operation targeted subcontractors at the state’s largest economic development project as part of Trump administration’s expanded immigration enforcement efforts.

South Korea dispatched diplomats to assist detained nationals, with officials describing the number of South Korean workers affected as “large.”

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Some 475 people were detained during an immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles, according to a Homeland Security official.

Steven Schrank, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations, said at a news briefing Friday that the m

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