The battery plant still under construction at the Hyundai Metaplant site on September 9 in Ellabell, Georgia. The Hyundai CEO said the startup of the plant would be delayed following an immigration raid last week. Elijah Nouvelage/AFP/Getty Images

A battery plant co-owned by Hyundai is facing a minimum startup delay of two to three months following an immigration raid last week, Hyundai CEO Jose Munoz said on Thursday.

The Georgia plant, which is operated through a joint venture between Hyundai and South Korea’s LG Energy Solution, was at the center of the largest single-site enforcement operation in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s history last week.

The plant, part of a $7.6 billion factory complex to make battery-powered models, was slated to come online later this year

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