Overview
- Around 200 former detainees are preparing a civil suit seeking compensation over alleged unlawful detention, excessive force and rights violations.
- ICE arrested 475 workers in a Sept. 4 raid at Hyundai–LG Energy Solution’s Georgia battery plant, including about 317 South Koreans.
- Many of those detained were skilled engineers who reportedly held valid U.S. work visas and were legally employed at the facility.
- Former detainees say they were held for seven days at ICE’s Folkston facility and released on Sept. 11 without charges after experiencing shackling, phone confiscations, overcrowding and racial taunts.
- Employers including LG Energy Solution and Hyundai Engineering say the legal action is being pursued by individuals and the companies are not parties.