BRYAN COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - Construction on the HL-GA Battery Company site remains suspended following last Thursday’s immigration raid.

Construction on the site was suspended after ICE arrested 475 people on the site, all of whom the agency says were undocumented or working on improper documentation.

A spokesperson for LG Energy Solutions, which owns HL-GA jointly with Hyundai, says the company is “preparing to resume operation,” and they’re aiming to start production in the first half of 2026. We asked the spokesperson to clarify whether “preparing to resume operation” meant construction would resume, but they declined.

Of the 475 people arrested, around 300 of them were South Korean nationals that have now returned to their home country. WTOC interviewed an immigration attorney who

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