Immigration czar Tom Homan defended the Georgia Hyundai raid that arrested 475 workers and vowed continued workplace enforcement operations nationwide.
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TrumpadministrationborderczarTomHomanvowedmoreworkplaceimmigrationenforcementoperationsonSunday,similartotheGeorgiaHyundaiplantraidthatdetainedhundredslastweek.
ImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement(ICE)agentsarrestednearly500peopleduringaraidThursdayatanelectricbatteryplantinGeorgiarunbyHyundaiandLGEnergySolution.MostofthosearrestedwerereportedlySouthKoreannationalslivingandworkinginthecountryillegally,whetherbyillicitlyentering,overstayingvisas,orviolatingvisawaiversbyworking.
WhenaskedbyCNN’sJakeTapperiftheTrumpadministrationwouldpursuesimilarraidsinthefuture,Homansaidtheywouldcontinue.
“Theshortanswerisyes,”Homansaid.“We‘regoingtodomoreworksiteenforcementoperationsbecausenumberone,it‘sacrimetoenterthiscountryillegally.Numbertwo,it‘sacrimetoknowinglyhireanillegalalien,andthesecompaniesthathireillegalaliens,theyundercu
