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Trump says foreign companies need to train Americans after Hyundai raid
Trump is also considering the possibility of some foreign manufacturing experts being allowed into the country to help train American workers.
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Staff Reporter - Mon, 08, Sep 2025
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A Hyundai logo is seen at the New York International Auto Show Press Preview, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., March 27, 2024. / REUTERS/David Dee Delgado
President Donald Trump said on Sept. 7 that foreign companies need to hire and train American workers and respect immigration laws, following a raid at a Hyundai Motor manufacturing facility in the U.S. state of Georgia last week.
His remarks came in after the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agencies conducted a raid on a Hyundai-LG battery plant, detaining approximately 475 workers, primarily South Korean nationals, for allegedly violating their visitor visas.
South Korea is moving to pick up around 300 South Koreans who were detained after the Sept. 4 raid in Ellabell, Georgia.
"Following the Immigration Enforcement Operation on the Hyundai Battery Plant in Georgia, I am hereby calling on all Foreign Companies investing in the United States to please respect our Nation's Immigration Laws," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
"Your Investments are welcome, and we encourage you to LEGALLY bring your very smart people, with great technical talent, to build World Class products, and we will make it quickly and legally possible for you to do so. What we ask in return is that you hire and train American Workers."
Trump made the post shortly after telling reporters he would look at what happened but that the incident had not harmed his relationship with South Korea.
He also floated the idea that he would look at the possibility of some foreign manufacturing experts being allowed into the country to help train American workers.
Many of those arrested had temporary visas for tourism and business travel that are not authorized for work, including South Korean nationals, the official told Reuters. However the carmaker has claimed that the detained individuals were not employed by it and were employed by its sub-contractors.
In a statement, "We take our responsibility as a corporate citizen seriously, and incidents like this remind us of the importance of robust oversight throughout our entire supply chain and contractor network," the South Korean automaker said in a statement.
It added that its North America chief manufacturing officer, Chris Susock, "will now assume governance of the entire megasite in Georgia, and we will conduct an investigation to ensure all suppliers and their subcontractors comply with all laws and regulations."
The South Korean government has expressed regret about the arrests and the release of the footage showing the operation involving armored vehicles detaining the workers who were shackled and taken in.
(Disclaimer: With inputs from Reuters)
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