In the wake of an immigration raid at a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia earlier this month, South Korean leaders warned the Trump administration that Korean businesses may rethink billions of dollars in planned investments in the U.S.

Nearly 500 South Korean workers were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Sept. 4 raid, igniting outrage from the South Korean government and U.S. trading partners.

For Louisiana, the controversy was particularly concerning. Hyundai is planning to build a nearly $6 billion steel million near Donaldsonville, bringing a new industry to the state and promising to create more than 1,300 well-paying jobs.

More than two weeks after the raid, Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois said she is not worried about the

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