When hundreds of federal, state and local officers descended on a Georgia Hyundai manufacturing plant last week , they came armed with a judicial search warrant naming four people. Ultimately, over 450 people were taken into custody, officials say, suspected of living and working illegally in the United States.

The high-stakes raid followed a weeks-long investigation and marked the largest sweep yet in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown at US worksites. Its repercussions reached high into the halls of diplomacy, prompting South Korea’s foreign minister to make an offer to personally travel to Washington, DC, “to engage directly with US officials to resolve this matter.”

A majority of those arrested — over 300 — were South Korean, according to the country’s foreign affai

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