BRYAN COUNTY, Ga. (WSAV) -- The Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) operation at the Hyundai megasite was the "largest single site enforcement operation in the history of HSI."

The Southern District of Georgia U.S. Attorney's Office, HSI, Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE), Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) made the announcement at a joint press conference Friday morning.

According to HSI Special Agent Steven Schrank, a total of 475 people were arrested Thursday at the HL-GA Battery Company, LLC. The majority of those individuals are Korean nationals. Schrank said all 475 were illegally present in the U.S. or in violation of their presence in the U.S.

"Some illegally crossed the border into

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