The still under construction battery plant on the Hyundai site in Georgia. Elijah Nouvelage/AFP/Getty Images

After ICE in September raided a still-under-construction Georgia Hyundai plant – and arrested and deported hundreds of South Korean workers – the automaker’s CEO, José Muñoz, said he hoped for a resolution that could bring crucial foreign-worker expertise back to the United States.

President Donald Trump on Monday agreed, saying he was “very much opposed” to the raid carried out by members of his administration.

“In fact, before they got out… I said they could stay… and they’re going to be coming back,” he said. “When they come in, they’re making very complex machinery, equipment, things. They’re going to have to bring some people in, at least at that initial phase.”

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