ICE agents detained 450 illegal migrants at a construction site in Georgia, including hundreds of fly-in Koreans who likely misused B-1 tourist visas to take jobs from American construction workers.

The migrants’ detention is presumably welcomed among American construction workers. But the sweep on September 4 has prompted a sharp complaint from South Korea’s government because a giant Korean-owned battery factory is being built at the construction site.

“The economic activities of our companies investing in the U.S. and the rights and interests of our nationals must not be unfairly violated,” ministry spokesperson Lee Jae-woong said in a press briefing, according to a South Korean media report . “We conveyed our concern and regret through the U.S. Embassy in Seoul today,” Lee said.

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