Hyundai Raid Shows Trump Can't Deport His Way to a Manufacturing Boom
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- #US-SouthKorea Relations
- Federal and state law enforcement detained 475 people at a $7.6 billion electric vehicle battery factory in Georgia in the largest single-site immigration enforcement operation in Homeland Security Investigations history.
- Over 300 of the detained were South Korean nationals, some allegedly holding valid work visas, raising concerns about the operation's impact on U.S.-South Korea relations.
- South Korea, a major investor in U.S. projects, is reconsidering its $350 billion investment and $100 billion energy purchase agreement following the raid, with LG Energy Solutions halting business trips to the U.S. and recalling employees.
- The raid has halted construction at the Georgia facility, part of the state's largest economic development project expected to employ 8,500 people, amid concerns over the U.S. manufacturing sector's decline.
- Trump's immigration policies, aimed at deporting criminal aliens and boosting domestic manufacturing, are now seen as jeopardizing American jobs and foreign investments.