"We're going to do more worksite enforcement operations," White House border advisor Tom Homan said on Sunday. "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.”

The operation targeted one of Georgia's largest and most high-profile manufacturing sites, where Hyundai makes electric vehicles and is building an EV battery plant.

ICE agents focused on a plant South Korean auto company Hyundai has partnered with LG Energy Solution, which has three Michigan locations, to produce batteries that power EVs.