Fallout from last week’s unprecedented immigration raid at a Georgia battery plant run by two South Korean firms is reverberating across the industry, highlighting risks to the billions of dollars the Asian nation has invested in America’s clean energy push.

Construction has now been disrupted at multiple LG Energy Solution Ltd. sites across the U.S. while some Korean staff are balking at assignments over fears of being caught in similar crackdowns as the Trump administration vows tougher enforcement, people familiar with the matter said.

LG Energy has ordered the immediate return of all workers and contractors traveling under the U.S. visa waiver program, known as ESTA, and advised those on short-term B-1 visas to remain at their hotels, one person said, asking not to be identified disc

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