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Nearly 500 people were detained in a mass immigration raid at a Georgia factory Friday.

Homeland Security officials say mostly 475 of the people were South Korean nationals, working

at Hyundai's sprawling factory just west of Savannah.

According to reporters, the multi-billion dollar South Korean auto site is praised as Georgia's

largest economic project.

For the past year, it's been making electric vehicles with an LG battery plant under construction.

South Korea's foreign ministry said the employees worked for a group of subcontractors

and that diplomats have already been sent to the site. The Department of Homeland Security

confirmed the raid was part of an investigation into, quote, unlawful employment practices.

The raid comes as the U.S. labor force shrinks. According to the Pew Research Center, more than

1.2 million immigrants, both legal and undocumented workers, were lost just this year, underscoring

the high stakes of America's immigration crackdown.

And in other news, Russian President Vladimir Putin is escalating his warning to the West.

According to reporters, he said that any foreign troops deployed to Ukraine, while the war is still active,

would be, quote, legitimate targets for Moscow's military.

The threat came just hours after French President Emmanuel Macron's announcement,

saying 26 allies have pledged

to send troops to support Ukraine once a peace deal is reached. But Ukrainian President Volodymyr

Zelensky told leaders that security guarantees should start immediately, not just after

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