South Korean president responds to Hyundai plant ICE raid

A sprawling Hyundai manufacturing plant in a quiet southeast Georgia community became ground zero on Thursday for one of the most extensive immigration raids in recent US history. The operation, months in the making, ended with 475 arrests, most of them Korean nationals.

South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung told officials to take “all-out necessary measures” to support Korean nationals, Cho said following an emergency meeting in Seoul over the arrests.

“If necessary, I am prepared to personally travel to Washington, DC, to engage directly with US officials to resolve this matter,” Cho said.

The Korean Ambassador to the US and the Consul General in Atlanta had established an on-site response team that will “assess countermeasures, emphasizing the rights of our citizens and the economic activities of Korean businesses investing in the US must be protected from unfair violations,” Cho added.

CNN correspondents Rafael Romo and Mike Valerio report.

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