The large-scale Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid at the Hyundai manufacturing plant in Georgia on Thursday has been touted by members of the Trump administration as the most ambitious enforcement action yet of President Trump’s tenure.

But the raid — which saw hundreds of mostly South Korean citizens detained — has placed a strain on the president’s relationship with a close American ally and has forced him to navigate competing priorities of his administration.

Here’s what to know about the workplace raid and the diplomatic fallout:

‘Largest single site enforcement operation’ in DHS history

Steven Schrank, the lead Georgia agent of Homeland Security Investigations, said the operation in Georgia was the “largest single site enforcement operation” in the two-decade history of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Schrank said the raid resulted from a months-long investigation into alleged illegal hirings at the worksite.

Nearly 500 people were detained at the site, including more than 300 South Korean citizens, according to South Korea’s foreign minister, Cho Hyun.

The immigration statuses of all the detained workers were not immediately clear.

Schrank said some detained workers entered the U.S. illegally, others arrived legally but stayed on expired visas and others were permitted to be in the U.S. but were prohibited from working.

An attorney for a couple of the........

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