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US immigration authorities have attacked a large -scale Hyundai production site in Georgia, leading to an arrest of over 450 people, according to one of the agencies involved in the operation.
The site with an area of 3000 acres, which was built by the Korean manufacturer of vehicles for the production of electric vehicles, has been working for one year.
The Ministry of Interior Security told the US partner of BBC News that agents have executed a search order because of allegations of “illegal employment practices and other serious federal crimes.”
Korean citizens were among the detainees, said the South Korean Foreign Ministry, calling it a “unfair violation” of their rights.
In PostThe Atlanta of the Atlanta of the Alcohol Bureau, Tobacco, Firearm and Explosives Office has said it has joined a number of other agencies, including ICE (immigration and customs execution), to arrest 450 “illegal aliens” at the Bryan District.
It is not clear how many South Koreans have been detained.
“The economic activities of Korean investment companies and the rights and interests of Korean citizens should not be disrupted unfairly during US -applicable operations,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The ministry added that it sends diplomats to the site.
“In Seoul today, we have passed our concerns and regrets through the US Embassy in Korea and called for them to exercise extreme attention to ensure that the legal rights and interests of Korean citizens are not violated.”
The state governor, Republican Brian Camp, has announced the new Hyundai electric vehicle operation as the largest economic development project in the history of the country where 1200 people employ.
The search of federal agencies has also closed the construction of a neighboring battery plant, CBS News reports.
President Trump has campaign for his second term in office on the back of a promise to make mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, although he said the priority would be those who committed crimes.
