Hyundai raid hurts US-South Korea ties as trade, immigration agendas clash
The raid ‘crashed the operational software’ of the alliance and carries serious implications for US global leadership, analysts warn
US officials said 475 people – most of them South Korean nationals – were detained when federal agents raided Hyundai’s manufacturing site in the state of Georgia last Thursday.
It is the latest in a long line of workplace raids conducted as part of the current US administration’s mass deportation agenda.
In footage released by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, many of the detained workers were shown with chains around their hands, ankles and waists.
More than 300 South Korean detained workers would be brought home via a chartered plane after completing administrative steps, he said.
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