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ATLANTA (AP) — Can Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp be tough on immigration and still encourage foreign investment? Kemp has courted foreign investment to his state but also once offered to use his own pickup truck to round up “criminal illegals.” Those two stances collided this past week when immigration authorities raided a battery plant and detained foreign workers, putting Kemp …

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean charter plane left for the U.S. on Wednesday to bring back Korean workers detained in an immigration raid in Georgia last week. A total of 475 workers, more than 300 of them South Koreans, were rounded up in the Sept. 4 raid at the battery factory under construction at Hyundai’s sprawling auto …

Albany, N.Y. — A massive immigration raid of a Cato protein bar factory that was billed as a major criminal investigation so far has netted no arrests for violent crimes. Acting U.S. Attorney John Sarcone III said today that the only arrests in the Sept. 4 immigration raid were five people charged with illegally reentering the country after they had …

POOLER, Ga. (AP) — After more than 300 South Korean workers were taken into custody during a raid on an electric battery plant in Georgia, the country’s foreign minister traveled to the U.S. this week in hopes of bringing them home. The Koreans were among some 475 workers detained during the raid Thursday’s raid at the battery factory under construction …

SEOUL — The immigration raid that snatched up hundreds of South Koreans last week sent a disconcerting message to companies in South Korea and elsewhere: America wants your investment, but don’t expect special treatment. Images of employees being shackled and detained like criminals have outraged many South Koreans. The fallout is already being felt in delays to some big investment projects, auto …

EPA/Shutterstock President Donald Trump is facing calls from business leaders to “turn the page” on his immigration crackdown after a raid at a Hyundai plant in the US state of Georgia. It was the largest such raid in US immigration history, sweeping up 475 workers, including about 300 people from South Korea. The decision to target the project, backed by …

How the Hyundai raid could upend Trump’s dream of more U.S. factories  The Washington Post Plans in the works for Korean workers detained in raid to go home while fear lingers for residents  SFGATE Nearly 500 workers were taken in a raid at Hyundai’s battery plant. In a quiet Georgia town, the silence is deafening  CNN South Korea readies plane to bring home …

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Fifty-seven people in the country illegally were detained after a raid on an upstate New York snack bar plant last week, according to federal prosecutor who warned Tuesday that employers can expect more large-scale workplace enforcement actions. John Sarcone, acting U.S. Attorney for northern New York, said five of the people detained after the raid Thursday …

South Korea to send plane for workers detained in US raid at car battery plant  Reuters Nearly 500 workers were taken in a raid at Hyundai’s battery plant. In a quiet Georgia town, the silence is deafening  CNN Hyundai ICE raid in Georgia leaves Asian executives shaken by Trump’s mixed signals  Los Angeles Times South Korea readies plane to bring home workers detained …

ICE Raid Threatens to Unravel South Korea’s Wins With Trump  Bloomberg What we know about the agreement for detained South Korean workers to return home  CNN The ICE Raid on the Georgia Hyundai Plant Makes No Sense  Bloomberg Trump trade, immigration agendas collide in Hyundai raid  NBC News Raid on Georgia E.V. Battery Plant Raises New Risks for a Shaken Industry  The New York Times …