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A sweeping immigration raid at a Georgia electric vehicle battery plant left hundreds in federal custody last week, adding to the Trump administration's growing list of high-profile enforcement actions .

Former DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Jonathan Fahey says news of the raid is a powerful "deterrent," sending a message that companies can no longer undercut American workers and businesses by hiring people who are in the country illegally.

"This raid was a great deterrent to ensure that people here are working legally," Fahey said Monday on " America's Newsroom ."

TRUMP BACKS ICE RAID AT HYUNDAI PLANT, BUT SAYS US NEEDS FOREIGN EXPERTS TO TRAIN AMERICANS

"Illegal people aren’t allowed to work, and businesses aren’t al

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