Construction at a Hyundai and LG battery plant in Georgia has been suspended after federal authorities detained hundreds of workers in a major immigration enforcement operation on Thursday, officials said.
On Sept. 4, federal authorities entered a worksite in Bryan County, Georgia, where South Korean manufacturing companies Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution are building a $4.3 billion battery cell manufacturing plant.
Authorities from the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department said that about 450 workers were detained. A number of South Korean nationals were detained.
A spokesperson at Hyundai’s battery joint venture partner, South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solutions, said construction had been paused and that it was cooperating with law enforcement….