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State officials expressed concern, citing assurances from Hyundai that all workers were legally authorized to work.

The raid has sparked debate among local leaders about immigration policy, labor needs, and the region's economic future.

Leaders in Bryan County have spoken out after Homeland Security Investigtion (HSI) and Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) conducted what they have called the largest single site raid in the history of the agency at the Hyundai megasite in Ellabell.

State legislator Jesse Petrea, who serves a portion of Bryan County in House District 166, said Thursday afternoon just hours after the raid that Hyundai representatives had previously assured him that every person working at the site had legal citizenship.

“I've met with Hyundai re

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