A Hyundai plant in the state of Georgia has been raided by US immigration authorities. Photo: AP PHOTO

Hundreds of workers at a Hyundai Motor car battery facility under construction in the US state of Georgia have been detained in a raid by authorities, stopping work on a plant that is one of the Korean automaker's major investments in the US.

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About 475 workers were arrested, most of whom are South Korean nationals according to US immigration officials, in the largest single-site enforcement operation in the Department of Homeland Security's history.

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