After Hyundai raid, Trump calls on foreign companies investing in US to follow immigration law

After federal agencies raided a Hyundai electric vehicle plant in Georgia last week and arrested about 450 illegal immigrants, President Trump is calling on foreign companies investing in the U.S. to follow immigration law.

"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 posted on Truth Social on Sunday.

"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. Together, we will all work hard to make our Nation not only productive, but closer in unity than ever before."

On Thursday, the FBI, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Drug Enforcement Agency, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives raided the Hyundai plant in Ellabell, Ga.

The South Korean government announced on Sunday that it reached a deal with the U.S. to secure the release and repatriation of over 300 of its citizens who were detained during the raid.

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said Friday during a press conference that some of the people arrested at the plant had crossed the border illegally and overstayed visas, Reuters reported.

White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday, “We’re going to do more worksite enforcement operations. No one hires an illegal alien out of the goodness of their heart. They hire them because they can work them harder, pay them less, undercut the competition that hires U.S. citizen employees.”