Hyundai says no workers detained by US officials were employed directly by the car maker. Photo: AP PHOTO

Hundreds of workers at a Hyundai Motor car battery facility under construction in the US state of Georgia have been detained in a major raid by authorities, stopping work on a plant that is one of the South Korean car maker's major investments in the United States.

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About 475 workers were arrested, according to US immigration officials, the largest single-site enforcement operation in the US Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) history.

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