Observe US laws for the migration It demanded yesterday (7.9.2025) by foreign companies The US President Donald Trumpafter the arrest of more than 300 South Korean workers on Friday in a Hyundai and LG factory in Georgia (southeast).
“Please comply with the laws of our country on immigration,” Republican President Trump said via Truth Social.
“Your investments are welcome and we are encouraging you to legally bring your intelligent staff, with great technical talent, to make world -class products,” he continued, but “in return, we ask to hire and train American workers.”
A police officer responsible for immigration announced on Friday that it had been racing at a battery manufacturing factory for South Korean groups Hyundai and LG Energy Solutions in Elbel, in the state of Georgia.
People who have been detained are suspected of working illegally in the US. It was the largest business so far in just one factory in the context of the expulsion campaign ordered by Donald Trump. In total, 475 people were arrested.
Visual material from the raid, released by the US authorities, depicts arrested workers, with handcuffs and chains on the legs, driving on buses.
About 250 of the people arrested are working on behalf of LG Energy Solutions on behalf of the majority of their majority, the company said on Saturday. Another 47 – 46 South Koreans, an Indonesian – are employees of LG itself.
A senior executive of LG Energy Solutions departed for Georgia by air yesterday.
“Immediate priority is the rapid release of our LG Energy Solutions and those companies we work with,” Kim Ki-Si told reporters before boarding the aircraft.
More than 300 South Koreans arrested are expected to be released soon and repatriated, Seoul assured Sunday Sunday. Hyundai clarified that no one was arrested.
South Korea – Asia’s fourth largest economy – is one of the countries with large automakers and electronics manufacturers, which have many plants in the US.
In July, Seoul promised to invest $ 350 billion in the US after President Trump threatened to impose additional customs duties.