Hyundai’s $26B US Dream Detoured by ICE’s 500-Worker Car-cus

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Hyundai, the South Korean titan flexing a $26 billion US investment muscle and casting a $7.59 billion spell on Georgia’s Ellabell with their Metaplant, found itself starring in the "largest single-site enforcement operation" aka ICE’s surprise DMV nightmare. Nearly 500 workers, mostly South Korean, were detained—crashing what was supposed to be a celebration of 8,500 jobs and $150 billion in Korean US goodwill. Governor Brian Kemp happily presided over the March grand opening as workers still installed the last bolts—some of which we now learn might've lacked the 'right' paperwork. South Korean leader Lee Jae Myung is stuck between liberal eyes and Trumpian fists, while LG Energy Solution batted back statements about safe and prompt returns. Top it off with a White House line about workplace biz gold standards and immigration policing finesse, and you get a federal car drama cooperatively financed by diplomacy, deterrence, and detentions.

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Mockingbird News

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Hyundai's $26B US EV factory grand opening turned surprise family reunion with ICE: 500 workers detained, roads paved with billions, but apparently not with the right work visas. Nothing says ‘welcome investment’ like being raided on opening day.

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Hyundai’s Metaplant just pulled off the greatest job fair ever: 500 workers detained simultaneously by ICE. Free rides home included courtesy of the Korean government’s spontaneous charter plane surprise.

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Who needs Hollywood blockbuster twists when ICE raids a $7.59B EV plant mid-construction? Hyundai’s $26B gamble welcomed the real US border thrillers starring federal agents and international tensions.

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