"We're going to do more worksite enforcement operations," White House border advisor Tom Homan said on Sunday. "No one hires an illegal alien out of the goodness of their heart. They hire them because they can work them harder, pay them less, undercut the competition that hires U.S. citizen employees.”

The operation targeted one of Georgia's largest and most high-profile manufacturing sites, where Hyundai makes electric vehicles and is building an EV battery plant.

On Sunday, South Korean officials said they would send a plane to bring the detained workers home. Earlier, South Korea's Foreign Minister said his nation was "deeply concerned" by the arrests.

UAW condemns Hyundai for poor worker safety record following immigration raid at Georgia electric car battery factory that detained 475 people.

A major immigration raid led to 475 people arrested at the Hyundai facility construction site that Biden previously promoted as a manufacturing win for America.

Hundreds of undocumented immigrants were apprehended during a sweeping immigration raid at a Georgia manufacturing facility Thursday, marking the latest example of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration at workplaces across the country.

The president's pledge to restore jobs to American workers is running into conflict with other economic goals.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Thursday a U.S. immigration raid resulting in the detention of hundreds of workers at a Hyundai Motor business project could have an impact on U.S. investment decisions made by Korean companies.