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Mass Immigration Raid Targets Hyundai Plant in Georgia, 475 Arrested

Mass Immigration Raid Targets Hyundai Plant in Georgia, 475 Arrested

ELLABELL, Georgia — A massive immigration enforcement operation unfolded at the Hyundai Metaplant in Ellabell on Thursday, resulting in the arrests of 475 individuals, mainly Korean nationals. This raid is considered one of the largest in U.S....

Social media firestorm erupts after massive Georgia immigration raid: 'Taking bold action'

Social media firestorm erupts after massive Georgia immigration raid: 'Taking bold action'

Fox News correspondent Madison Scarpino discusses the immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia on ‘America Reports.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Social media erupted across the political spectrum following Thursday's federal...

Workers tried to escape into sewage pond during massive Georgia ICE raid

Workers tried to escape into sewage pond during massive Georgia ICE raid

As hundreds of federal agents swooped in on a Georgia construction site for the largest ICE enforcement sweep in the agency’s history, some of the workers being detained broke and ran into a sewage pond. According to The Wall Street Journal,...

Democrats Blast ICE Raid on Korean-Run Hyundai Worksite in Georgia

Democrats Blast ICE Raid on Korean-Run Hyundai Worksite in Georgia

Democratic leaders are siding with illegal migrants and their Fortune 500 employers by condemning ICE’s detention of 475 suspected illegal workers at a Korean-run Hyundai worksite in Georgia. “The Democratic Party of Georgia strongly condemns this...

Investment Meets Enforcement: U.S. Raid on Korean Battery Plant Tests Seoul-Washington Ties

Investment Meets Enforcement: U.S. Raid on Korean Battery Plant Tests Seoul-Washington Ties

U.S. immigration authorities released footage on their website of a September 4 (local time) raid targeting undocumented workers at the Hyundai Motor Group–LG Energy Solution joint battery plant construction site in Georgia. (Image source: website...

South Korean Government launches emergency response after over 300 nationals detained at Hyundai-LG plant in Georgia

South Korean Government launches emergency response after over 300 nationals detained at Hyundai-LG plant in Georgia

The South Korean government has launched an urgent response after U.S. immigration authorities detained more than 300 Korean nationals at the construction site of the Hyundai Motor Group–LG Energy Solution plant in Georgia. Foreign Minister Cho...

White House: Jobs Numbers Would Be Better if Rates Were Cut, Don’t Match with Rest of Economy, and Might Be Revised Up

White House: Jobs Numbers Would Be Better if Rates Were Cut, Don’t Match with Rest of Economy, and Might Be Revised Up

On Friday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press Now,” White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett stated that “when we’re looking at all of the indicators, it’s looking like things are running very smoothly and that the economy is on...

The Hill: GOP senator stymies Georgia sanctions bill

The Hill: GOP senator stymies Georgia sanctions bill

According to the article, in a last-minute push in late August, Mullin succeeded in getting Senate Majority Leader John Thune to strip the bill from the managers package for the National Defense Authorization Act, two congressional sources...

Georgia governor sending more than 300 troops to DC Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday that he’s sending 316 members of the state's National Guard to Washington, D.C., later this month.

Georgia governor sending more than 300 troops to DC Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday that he’s sending 316 members of the state's National Guard to Washington, D.C., later this month.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday that he’s sending 316 members of the state's National Guard to Washington, D.C., later this month in the latest indication that President Donald Trump’s law enforcement operation in the...

Georgia High School Football Final Scores, Results — September 5, 2025

Georgia High School Football Final Scores, Results — September 5, 2025

The 2025 Georgia high school football season continued on Friday, and High School On SI has a list of all the final scores from the fourth weekend of action. Georgia High School Football Schedule & Scores (GHSA) - September 5, 2025 Georgia high...

Seoul voices regret over US release of video showing Koreans chained in Georgia raid

Seoul voices regret over US release of video showing Koreans chained in Georgia raid

South Korea’s First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo expressed regret over the US release of video footage showing the arrest of more than 300 Korean workers during an immigration raid at a plant construction site in Georgia, particularly in...

Georgia’s governor mobilizes 316 troops

Georgia’s governor mobilizes 316 troops

ATLANTA -- Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday he's sending 316 members of the state's National Guard to Washington, D.C., later this month in the latest indication that President Donald Trump's law enforcement operation in the nation's...

ICE Raid on Hyundai Plant in Georgia Detains 475 Workers on Visitor Visas.

ICE Raid on Hyundai Plant in Georgia Detains 475 Workers on Visitor Visas.

- Advertisement - Many of the workers arrested in a large US immigration raid at a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia had overstayed or misused visitor visas, officials said. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained 475 people on Thursday,...

Governor Brian Kemp sends over 300 Guardsmen to support D.C. Public Safety Mission

Governor Brian Kemp sends over 300 Guardsmen to support D.C. Public Safety Mission

ATLANTA, GA — Governor Brian Kemp announced on Friday that the Georgia National Guard is providing support for the public safety mission in Washington, D.C. In a press release, it states 316 Guardsmen were sent and will mobilize in and around the...

Former Atlanta Braves player, World Series champ Davey Johnson dead

Former Atlanta Braves player, World Series champ Davey Johnson dead

SARASOTA, Fla. — Davey Johnson, an All-Star second baseman who won the World Series twice with the Baltimore Orioles as a player and managed the New York Mets to the title in 1986 has died. He was 82. Longtime Mets public relations representative...

White House, Georgia Democrats, Rep. Buddy Carter, more respond to Hyundai megasite arrests

White House, Georgia Democrats, Rep. Buddy Carter, more respond to Hyundai megasite arrests

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Multiple politicians have provided statements after this morning’s press conference on the Hyundai megasite HSI/ICE operation on September 5, 2025. At 3:37 p.m. today, September 5, 2025, the White House provided this...

Brian Kemp is Deploying the Georgia National Guard to D.C.

Brian Kemp is Deploying the Georgia National Guard to D.C.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is sending 316 National Guard members to Washington, D.C. following President Trump’s August 11 declaration of a crime emergency in the capital. According to Kemp, 16 support staff (medical, PA, and military police)...

Georgia's Brian Kemp becomes 7th GOP governor to send National Guard to DC

Georgia's Brian Kemp becomes 7th GOP governor to send National Guard to DC

Brian Kemp is the latest Republican governor to pledge his state's National Guard troops to D.C. WASHINGTON — Georgia will send 300 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., its Gov. Brian Kemp announced on Friday, becoming the seventh GOP...

Georgia Immigration Raid Targeting South Korean Factory Sets Back Korean-American Relations After Seemingly Successful White House Meeting

Georgia Immigration Raid Targeting South Korean Factory Sets Back Korean-American Relations After Seemingly Successful White House Meeting

An immigration raid on the site of a large Korean factory under construction in Georgia has spread shockwaves among South Koreans striving to meet President Trump’s demands for vastly increased Korean investment in America. Estimates vary, but as...

U.S. will enforce foreign worker laws, White House says after Hyundai raid

U.S. will enforce foreign worker laws, White House says after Hyundai raid

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration will enforce laws that require foreign workers have proper authorization to be in the United States, the White House said on Friday after immigration authorities raided a Hyundai facility in Georgia....

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