U.S. federal agents arrest hundreds in Georgia immigration raid

Immigration officials raided Hyundai’s vast electric vehicle manufacturing site in southeastern Georgia and, after conducting inspections, halted the construction of an adjacent plant that was being built to produce electric car batteries.

Lindsey Williams, spokesperson for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), confirmed that federal authorities were carrying out enforcement operations west of Savannah.

Meanwhile, Georgia state troopers blocked roads leading to the Hyundai site; the Georgia Department of Public Safety confirmed they had been deployed to assist federal authorities.

Federal agents detained hundreds of individuals at the construction site of a major battery plant in Georgia, in what is described as one of the largest immigration raids of the Trump administration.

Agents from the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration, as well as Georgia state troopers, participated in the arrests at Hyundai’s battery plant in Bryan County.

Officials detained about 450 people suspected of being in the United States illegally.

Homeland Security Investigations of ICE executed a judicial search warrant as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into unlawful hiring practices and other federal offenses.

President Donald Trump has directed large-scale operations by Customs and Border Protection as part of his broader mass deportation agenda.

Immigration officers have also raided farms, construction sites, restaurants, and auto repair shops.

The Pew Research Center, citing preliminary U.S. Census Bureau data, reports that between January and July, the U.S. workforce lost more than 1.2 million migrant workers.