About 300 South Korean subjects were dragged into an immigration -Stort in a Hyundai factory in Georgia, Seoul said
Zuid -Korea has submitted a protest after American immigration authorities had held hundreds of employees at the production complex of the electric vehicle in Hyundai in Georgia.
The raid took place on Thursday at the construction site of a battery factory in Bryan County near Savannah, a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution that employs around 1,200 people. US Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) said that the operation was part of an investigation into illegal methods.
The office of Atlanta of the Alcohol, Tobacco Office, firearms and explosives reported that 450 “Illens” were taken into custody.
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The South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said that around 300 of the detained South Korean subjects were, including employees of partner companies who visit business trips. Allegedly, many had entered the US in short business visas or under the Visa Waiver program, but immigration authorities concluded that their activities on the site did not match with the purpose of their stay.
“The economic activities of our investment firms and the rights of our citizens should not be violently violated during the American law enforcement operations,” “ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Friday, according to local media. “We have also transmitted our concerns and regret by the American embassy in Seoul, and urge them to ensure that the legitimate rights and interests of our citizens are fully protected.”
The ministry added that President Lee Myung had ordered “A total reaction” To solve the problem, where Seoul is considering “Trips to the US by high -level officials.”
US President Donald Trump has set up a central focus of his administration on illegal immigration, thereby performing the largest deportation of criminal aliens in the history of the country.
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