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This image from video provided by Immigration and Customs Enforcement via DVIDS shows manufacturing plant employees being escorted outside the Hyundai Motor Group’s electric vehicle plant

Families in crisis after Hyundai plant immigration raid in US

Lawyers and social workers say many of the non-Korean immigrants ensnared in the crackdown remain in legal limbo or are otherwise unaccounted for.

Sun, Sep 14

South Korean workers released after days of detention in Georgia arrive at the Incheon International Airport, in Incheon, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025

South Korean workers return home following US immigration raid

More than 300 South Korean workers were detained following a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia.

Sat, Sep 13

Plant workers being detained during the raid, in a screenshot of a video released by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

S Korea to bring home 300 workers detained in huge US immigration raid

None of the workers had been charged with any crimes, says the lead Georgia agent of Homeland Security Investigations.

Mon, Sep 8

ICE detains nearly 500 people during raid of Georgia Hyundai Factory

It was the “largest single site enforcement operation” in the agency's two-decade history.

Sat, Sep 6

Federal agents stand at a checkpoint operated by the Metropolitan Police Department and federal agencies, including officers from ICE and Homeland Security, in Washington.

Over a million immigrants gone from US labour force under Trump

Immigrants make up almost 20% of the US workforce and data shows 45% of workers in farming, fishing and forestry are immigrants.

Mon, Sep 1

Chicago mayor defies Trump's immigration crackdown plan for the city

Chicago police would be barred from helping federal authorities with civil immigration enforcement during the crackdown, according to an executive order signed by Mayor Brandon Jackson.

Sun, Aug 31

S Korea to bring home 300 workers detained in huge US immigration raid

None of the workers had been charged with any crimes, says the lead Georgia agent of Homeland Security Investigations.

Mon, Sep 8

ICE detains nearly 500 people during raid of Georgia Hyundai Factory

It was the “largest single site enforcement operation” in the agency's two-decade history.

Sat, Sep 6

Over a million immigrants gone from US labour force under Trump

Immigrants make up almost 20% of the US workforce and data shows 45% of workers in farming, fishing and forestry are immigrants.

Mon, Sep 1

Chicago mayor defies Trump's immigration crackdown plan for the city

Chicago police would be barred from helping federal authorities with civil immigration enforcement during the crackdown, according to an executive order signed by Mayor Brandon Jackson.

Sun, Aug 31

Families in crisis after Hyundai plant immigration raid in US

Lawyers and social workers say many of the non-Korean immigrants ensnared in the crackdown remain in legal limbo or are otherwise unaccounted for.

Sun, Sep 14

South Korean workers return home following US immigration raid

More than 300 South Korean workers were detained following a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia.

Sat, Sep 13

S Korea to bring home 300 workers detained in huge US immigration raid

None of the workers had been charged with any crimes, says the lead Georgia agent of Homeland Security Investigations.

Mon, Sep 8

ICE detains nearly 500 people during raid of Georgia Hyundai Factory

It was the “largest single site enforcement operation” in the agency's two-decade history.

Sat, Sep 6

Over a million immigrants gone from US labour force under Trump

Immigrants make up almost 20% of the US workforce and data shows 45% of workers in farming, fishing and forestry are immigrants.

Mon, Sep 1

Chicago mayor defies Trump's immigration crackdown plan for the city

Chicago police would be barred from helping federal authorities with civil immigration enforcement during the crackdown, according to an executive order signed by Mayor Brandon Jackson.

Sun, Aug 31

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