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- In one of the highest immigration attacks by President Donald Trump's second term, hundreds of federal agents Arrested 475 workers The Ministry of Justice announced on a construction site in Georgia on September 5.
- In the meantime, Czar Tom Homan said the border of the White House, said on Sunday of the Union of CNN's state that the administration would continue to continue Raid raids on the US jobs.
- The facility in Ellabell, Georgia, is the future home of a battery system of $ 4.3 billion, which is common from the Hyundai Motor Group and the LG Energy solution. The vast majority of the Arrested workers were South KoreanReported the New York Times.
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The efforts to find and deport immigrants to the United States were a priority for the Trump administration. As soon as the immigration and customs authority was able to mobilize the Raids on construction sites began.
It is not a secret building that busy many workers born abroad, although it is difficult to know how many with certainty. Some estimates place the total amount Share of employees without papers at around 23%.
As a result, the industry is Feel the effects of these ice attacks. According to a survey published by the Associated General Contractors of America and the National Center for Building and Research on August 28, the survey published by the Associated General Contractors.
And contractors are desperate for work; About nine out of ten companies report that they have open construction workers. The lack of qualified workers was the biggest cause of project delays in accordance with the AGC survey.
Hyundai and LG invested 4.3 billion US Start with the production of EV batteries At the beginning of 2026 according to the project website. Both owners are based in South Korea.
No Hyundai employees were arrestedThe company announced in a statement and 47 LG employees were arrested according to the New York Times. Most of the arrested were employed by subcontractors.
In his statement, Hyundai said that “no tolerance” for those who do not follow the law and would expect the same from project partners.
“We check our processes to ensure that everyone is working on our projects, maintain the same high standards for the legal compliance with compliance that we demand from ourselves. This includes a thorough review of employment practices by contractors and subcontractors,” says the explanation.
At the time of publication, LG did not answer a comment on Bruding Dive's request.
Negotiations on Return workers to South Korea Reuters reported quickly. Three hundred imprisoned workers are dealt with, released and returned via a founded aircraft, said the country's presidential office on Sunday.
The mega project is an example of an onshoring advance of investing foreign companies on US floor. But Homan promised that similar enforcement measures would be continued.
“Nobody puts an illegal alien from the goodness of her heart,” said Homan about the state of the Union of CNN. “You set them because you can edit them harder, pay less and undermine the competition, the US citizen employee.
On Sunday Trump went to his social media platform Truth Social Foreign companies to continue to plan projects in the USA, but this within the law.
“Your investments are welcome and we encourage you to legally bring your very clever people with great technical talent to build first -class products, and we will enable you to do so quickly and legally,” wrote Trump. “What we ask in return is that you hire and train American workers.”
