EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Twenty-six undocumented Mexican workers were taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during a high-profile raid at an automotive plant in Georgia.

The Mexican consulate in Atlanta said 23 were being held at the ICE detention center in Folkston, Ga., and three more at the Stewart detention center in Lumpkin.

Most have signed voluntary departure documents and will be repatriated to Mexico within days.

“This Consulate General remains in communication with those workers and their families to provide the appropriate assistance,” the consulate said in a statement, adding its staff also is in touch with U.S. federal officials regarding the status of the detainees.

The Mexican workers were among hundreds of individuals detain

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