About 450 people at Hyundai Motor Co.’s $7.6 billion Georgia facility were detained following an investigation into employment practices, causing a halt in construction of a nearby factory that will make batteries for electric vehicles.
The apprehension of the workers, which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said in a Thursday post on X were unlawfully employed, was part of a major operation that also included Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Today, @ATFAtlanta joined HSI, FBI, DEA, ICE, GSP and other agencies in a major immigration enforcement operation