Trump Urges Foreign Companies to Obey Laws, Train US Workers After Hyundai Raid

South Korea’s government has chartered a plane to bring home the detained workers after negotiations with U.S. officials.

This image from video provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows manufacturing plant employees being escorted outside the Hyundai Motor Group’s electric vehicle plant in Ellabell, Ga., on Sept. 4, 2025. Corey Bullard/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP

President Donald Trump on Sept. 7 urged foreign companies to respect immigration laws and suggested they train U.S. workers after a raid at Hyundai’s Georgia plant led to the arrest of South Korean nationals accused of staying in the country illegally.

About 475 workers, most of whom are South Korean nationals, were detained during the Sept. 4 raid at a car battery plant jointly operated by South Korean companies Hyundai and LG Energy Solution in Georgia.