A South Korean worker at the huge car plant in Georgia that was targeted in an immigration raid, has been telling the BBC about the panic and confusion there when hundreds of federal agents arrived. Almost 500 workers were detained – most of them South Korean nationals, and some were led away in chains. BBC Verify’s Nick Beake has been piecing together what we know about the raid.
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