Federal authorities conduct an immigration enforcement operation at a Hyundai battery plant in Bryan County, Georgia, Sept. 4, 2025.

ATF via CBS News

In a large-scale immigration enforcement raid at a huge Hyundai facility in Georgia on Thursday, 475 immigrants suspected of living and working in the U.S. illegally were detained, federal authorities announced.

Steven Schrank, the special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Georgia, told reporters Friday that the majority of those detained were Korean nationals but he didn’t know exactly how many. They worked for a variety of different companies at the site, including subcontractors, he said.

No criminal charges were announced during Friday’s news conference. The sweep was conducted as part of a monthslong investigatio

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