Overview

• ICE and its Homeland Security Investigations unit led the enforcement action at the Ellabell site, with ATF, FBI, DEA and the Georgia State Patrol participating.
• ATF Atlanta reported roughly 450 apprehensions, and verified video shows agents executing a site-wide search warrant and lining up workers for questioning.
• Hyundai and HL-GA Battery Company said they are cooperating with authorities, and the battery-plant build was halted, while vehicle production continued.
• South Korea’s foreign ministry voiced concern over detained nationals, noting an unspecified number of its citizens were held as individual legal statuses remain unclear.
• The facility anchors a $7.6 billion EV battery joint venture seen as key to the U.S. supply chain, and officials have not detailed the full scope of suspected violations.