Hyundai plant raid was a part of something much worse

The recent Hyundai plant bust in Georgia that scooped up hundreds of South Korean illegal aliens was a part of something much worse.

To hear leftists tell it, the 400+ illegal aliens were just temporarily working in the plant to train permanent American replacements. But the facts tell a very different story about the plant and its workers.

BREAKING: 450 illegal aliens arrested in worksite raid at a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia

This is exactly what I voted for! pic.twitter.com/U2YgWu7Xqz

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) September 5, 2025

A story published by the Wall Street Journal on Sunday revealed how the illegals were, in fact, part of a quickly growing community of South Koreans who’ve been taking over the Georgia suburb of Pooler.

“The population shot up 22% between just 2020 and 2024, according to census estimates, to around 31,000,” the Journal noted. “Demographic data lags behind, but community leaders estimate half of that growth has come from Koreans.”

“Suddenly, the single Korean restaurant in town had to compete with around half a dozen others. The newly opened Costco, locals said, started carrying Kimchi, dried seaweed, and mandu dumplings. New homes sprang up by the dozens, and Korean families moved into planned neighborhoods with streets named Blue Moon Crossing and Harvest Hill,” the Journal’s reporting continued.

Here’s the key: “Many of the newcomers worked at the factory.”

As in the same factory where hundreds of Korean immigrants were found to have immigration violations last Friday, to the point that most of them were outright illegal aliens.

Days later, on Sunday, the South Korean government announced it’d be repatriating most of the factory workers.

Korean Air, the flag carrier of South Korea, said it’ll to send a chartered Boeing 747-8i to Atlanta by Wednesday to repatriate hundreds of workers detained in an immigration raid in the United States.

“That is our goal for now,” said a spokeswoman for the airline.… pic.twitter.com/lIcGVDmnss

— FL360aero (@fl360aero) September 9, 2025

Not every South Korean in the community is an illegal alien. The Journal noted that the legal ones were not happy with the illegal workers for bringing undue scrutiny on them.

“We were doing great until that incident happened,” citizen Robin Kim said. “Now, there’s a risk that people will make assumptions or generalize unfairly.”

He added that his friends have felt like they’re being watched and judged, “even if they’re here legally and have nothing to do with the situation.”

Also, not happy with the illegals were American citizens like Barry Zeigler, the business manager of Local Union 188, which reportedly represents plumbers, pipe-fitters, welders, and air-conditioning technicians.

Zeigler told the Journal that 65 union members were hired by the factory for some brief work and then let go several months ago, only to be permanently replaced by the South Koreans.

“We went out there and did a great job, no fatalities, no injuries, and then we just got replaced by the undocumented workers,” he said. “It was a kick in the knee.”

Tori Branum, who’s reportedly running in a Republican primary for a Georgia congressional seat, questions the $5.5 billion manufacturing deal with Hyundai that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed in 2022. The deal purported to give Hyundai $2 million in tax breaks in exchange for an economic boost to Georgia’s Savannah region.

“We gave tax cuts for jobs for Georgians that never happened,” she said.

KEMP’S HYUNDAI PROJECT BUSTED HARBORING ILLEGALS

Brian Kemp funneled billions of YOUR taxpayer dollars into bringing Hyundai to Georgia. Now, that very project has been exposed for harboring illegal aliens—triggering the largest enforcement operation in ICE history.

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— Georgia Freedom Caucus (@FreedomCaucusGA) September 5, 2025

Critics say all this points to a system that is being unfairly used to benefit foreigners at the expense of American citizens.

“Americans are being taxed to subsidize foreigners from all over the world moving directly into their own neighborhoods to compete for jobs with their children and grandchildren,” one critic tweeted. “Our ancestors fought a revolution over less.”

“Americans have just been subsidizing a new foreign-born enclave in a red state, led by a foreign corporation and American politicians,” another critic accurately pointed out.

Nothing is as it has been sold to us.

We are being colonized, bit by bit. https://t.co/gMjZrmw6DY

— CowLivesMatter (@ProtesterLone) September 8, 2025

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V. Saxena is a staff writer for BizPac Review with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University.

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