The arrest of hundreds of South Korean nationals in a sweeping immigration raid in Georgia has caused a diplomatic incident between the United States and one of its key allies in Asia.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung held an emergency meeting following the arrest of 300 of the country’s citizens at a Hyundai plant near Savannah, in what is being described as the largest single-site enforcement operation ever carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The country’s Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said he was “deeply concerned” about the operation and felt “heavy responsibility” for the arrests. He added that President Lee had ordered “all-out efforts" to support South Koreans arrested during the immigration raid, and that he had “emphasized that in the course of U.S. la

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