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(NewsNation) — Federal agents person detained astir 475 workers from a Hyundai works successful Ellabell, Georgia, successful what officials are calling the “largest azygous tract operation" successful Homeland Security Investigations history.
The ICE-led raid astatine the HL-GA artillery works — portion of a megasite by the South Korean car institution — was months successful the making, said Steven Schrank, HSI peculiar cause successful charge.
Federal agents successful tactical gear, supported by Georgia State Patrol, FBI, and DEA, entered the installation nether a transgression hunt warrant tied to alleged unlawful employment practices connected Thursday night, NewsNation local affiliate WSAV reported.
Schrank connected Friday said the detainees were "illegally contiguous successful the United States, oregon successful usurpation of their beingness successful the United States, moving unlawfully."
A bulk of workers were South Korean nationals, per Schrank.
South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lee Jaewoong described the fig of detained South Koreans arsenic “large" and portion of a "network of subcontractors," The Associated Press reported.
The institution down the works — a associated task betwixt Hyundai and LG — said it has temporarily paused construction.
No transgression charges person been announced yet, but Schrank said the probe is "an ongoing matter."
