ELLABELL, Ga. (WSAV) — Federal agents detained roughly 450 workers during a raid at the HL-GA battery plant - part of the Hyundai Megasite in Bryan County - in what ICE describes as a large-scale sting operation.

Georgia’s biggest industrial project just hit a serious legal roadblock. Federal agents launched a surprise ICE raid at the HL-GA battery site in Ellabell - part of the Hyundai Megasite that’s been promising thousands of new jobs. Now the raid raised questions about who was working there, and whether laws were broken in the rush to get this project off the ground.

WSAV is working to learn more about the operation and where the detainees were taken. Federal officials are expected to clarify the purpose of their presence later this morning.

The ICE-led raid happened early Thursda

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