South Korean companies with U.S. investments feeling nervous after U.S. immigration detained over 300 South Korean citizens at a Hyundai-LG battery plant in Georgia over possible unlawful employment practices.

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A large-scale U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid at Hyundai and LG battery plants in Georgia resulted in the detention of around 300 South Korean citizens over alleged unlawful employment practices. The operation, described as the largest single-site raid in U.S. Homeland Security history, has prompted the South Korean government to assist its citizens and raised concerns among South Korean companies with American investments.

The incident comes amid ongoing trade discussions between the U.S. and South Korea, with the lack of a specific working visa clause in their free trade agreement highlighted as a potential issue. U.S. officials have emphasized the need for compliance with immigration laws, while also suggesting possible future easing of visa rules for skilled foreign workers. The situation has underscored communication challenges between the two governments and heightened business uncertainty.

U.S. ICE raid in Hyundai's Georgia plant spooks South Korean companies

So we are definitely watching the developments at the Hyundai and LG energy solution battery plants in Georgia. Of course, the South Korean government is working to bring some 300 citizens home after they were detained by U. S. Officials and immigration raid last week. Now this is over possible unlawful employment practices. It was the U. S. Homeland Security Department's largest single site raid in its history and mark the Trump administration's crackdown on people working or living illegally on American soil. Now this matter spooking South Korean companies with investments in the United States, but a possible easing of visa rules for foreign experts and maybe in the works now in his truth social post, President Trump stressing that while Korean investments are welcome, companies must comply with U. S. Immigration laws. He also adding that his administration will make it quote quickly and legally possible for Korean firms to bring skilled personnel into the United States. And you know, South Korea does have this free trade agreement with the United States. What was different about South Korea's deal from some of the deals that U. S. Has with countries like Canada, Australia and Singapore is that South Korea doesn't have a specific clause around working visas. So I think that was really perhaps the very origin of this story between the U. S. And South Korea. But just the sheer visual Marty, the powerful image of South Korean workers at a U. S. A plant being shackled at their ankles and being hauled in. I mean, that wasn't really pretty, right? So I think that is making a lot of South Korean companies and nervous. And obviously, this is really the message coming from the Trump administration. That president's message is powerful that you gotta hire American citizens to work at your companies. And that is really the whole point of this whole, you know, mega campaign and bringing manufacturing, bringing all these factories to the United States. Is there a link here to what's going on with trade talks between the U. S. And Korea? You know, I think that's exactly where everyone's mind is that right now, just because of this is happening just a few days after the U. S. South Korea summit. I mean, President each email flow flying out to Washington, D. C. However, he didn't get anything in terms of documents. He didn't get anything signed. So that is one reason why people believe that this may be linked to some kind of a rocky trade negotiations that South Korea is having with the United States. And also, there is this question around what's going to happen to all these people. Now we've got South Korean government saying that the detainees who want to return home, they can voluntarily, although the U. S. Government is saying that they will be deported, deported. So this is actually, you know, the words coming from the U. S. A security secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary Christian Noem as well. So I think we're getting all these different takes on all this. And I think that just clearly shows that the U. S. And South Korea, they're not talking. The communication is not very clear. The line is not clear, and that could actually be sort of extrapolated to mean that the trade negotiations are going in a challenged manner. Let's just put it that way.

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