By Hyunjoo Jin and Heekyong Yang

SEOUL (Reuters) -Up to 450 workers at a Hyundai Motor facility under construction in Georgia have been detained in a major raid by U.S. authorities that has led to a pause in the project to build a car battery factory.

The raid on Thursday has dealt a setback to the project, which is part of what would be the biggest investments in the state, and illustrates the increasing crackdown by the Trump administration on immigrants and its impact on businesses.

An agent at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said multiple U.S. agencies “conducted a judicially authorised enforcement operation, as we are actively conducting an investigation into unlawful employment practices.” “Arrests are being made,” Steven Schrank, special agent in charge of Homeland

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