Atlanta – Georgia Government Brian Kemp Proposing to his state to foreign investors, and talking about his once used his pickup truck to sum up immigrants who were “criminal non-legal persons.” Immigration authorities raided a fort factory and detained foreign workers in the past week, clashing these key issues Kemp In a difficult place. Can he be both strong in immigration and encourage foreign companies to invest?
About 475 people were detained in the attack, including more than 300 Koreans, at construction sites, for use in battery factories, which will be operated by HL-GA Battery Company.a joint venture between Hyundai and LG Energy Solutions is scheduled to open next year. The battery plant is part of a $7.6 billion complex that plans to eventually employ 8,500 employees. It announces, then expands after travel Kemp Court officials are provided to court officials to Hyundai and other companies.
Detention in South Korea has raised questions about its relationship with the United States, especially when Hyundai and its partners. Hyundai has said it’s investing $26 billion in the United States from 2025 to 2028. That includes not only the plant in Ellabell, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Savannah where Hyundai Motor Group makes electric vehicles, but a separate $5 billion battery joint venture in Cartersville, Georgia, a steel mill in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, a robotics hub and expansion of the Hyundai plant in Kia Company’s factories in Montgomery, Alabama and West Point, Georgia.
Kemp Support for immigration enforcement has been expressed, but has been restricted after the raid.
“In Georgia, we will always enforce this law, including all state and federal immigration laws. All companies operating within the state must comply with the laws of Georgia and our country,” the governor’s office said in a written statement Friday.
Kemp He was unable to run for governor again in 2026 and passed the U.S. Senate competition, but he talked about running for president in 2028. He has yet to have a long-term impact on whether the raid will have on modern investments. On Friday, his office said only that the state Department of Public Safety coordinated with the ICE to support the raid.
Kemp’s The office did not immediately answer other questions on Tuesday.
This is his second term as governor, and he announced that he would make Georgia “the electric liquid capital of the United States.” But Republicans also had a tough conversation about illegal immigrants and said in mid-2018 AD: “I have a big truck just in case I have to sell some crimes illegally and take home state laws and require the state prisons of local prisons to take them home.
The raid is Kemp Always staying closer to President Donald Trump’s administration on immigration enforcement and other issues. The governor has a long history of claiming to be out of Trump’s independence, which sometimes leads to compelling conflict. but Kemp Last month, he announced that he would mobilize 75 National Guard soldiers to support immigration and customs enforcement operations in Georgia. He then announced that he would send more than 300 National Guard members to Trump’s law enforcement takeover in Washington, D.C.
Like most governors Kemp Looking for foreign investment, the investment has established most of the automotive industry in the south. Kemp Has travelled to South Korea twice to meet with other big investors in Hyundai and Georgia, including battery maker LG Group.
Kemp The dispute claims taxes are subsidizing the work of detainees. Neither the expected $2.1 billion of state and local incentives for modern complexes benefited from subcontractors hiring detainees, his administration said.
“Without exception, the Department of Economic Development wants anyone doing business in Georgia to follow federal and state laws,” the department said.
Kemp Green energy investment and jobs have been welcomed, but clashed with Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff, who should gain credibility for Georgia’s green energy boom.
Kemp The incentives signed by President Joe Biden have sparked heated controversy, saying industry has come to Georgia before the passage of the Inflation Lower Act in 2022.
Data from the Environmental Business Group E2 shows that the other 33 projects announced by the end of 2024 are the largest projects in the country. The exact numbers vary, but Georgia has a budget of more than 25,000 jobs. Hyundai continues to invest even as Trump and Congressional Republicans return EV incentives.
