On Thursday, immigration agents arrested 475 people at a major Ellabell, Georgia, electric vehicle manufacturing complex. Most of those temporarily detained were described as South Korean nationals with special expertise who were involved in building an EV battery plant, a joint venture between Hyundai and LG.

The employees were cuffed and held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in cooperation with state authorities. They weren’t border jumpers. They were generally described as high-skilled technical workers needed to assist in developing a Korean-invested multibillion-dollar project that for three years has been enthusiastically welcomed by the United States and the state of Georgia.

According to Department of Homeland Security officials they were under investigation for months

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