South Korea's president has warned that a U.S. immigration raid and the detention of hundreds of workers at a Hyundai Motor project in Georgia could affect Korean companies' decisions to invest in the U.S.

Why It Matters

The detained workers, more than 300 of whom were South Korean, were connected to one of the largest Korean investments in the U.S.—a Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution battery joint venture that U.S. officials and state leaders have promoted as a major job-creation project.

The arrests paused construction and raised questions about how multinational investments will be staffed amid tighter visa rules and heightened immigration enforcement . At the same time, the Trump administration is hoping that foreign-based companies will move their operations to the U.S

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