Rivian Automotive is starting to build a long-delayed electric vehicle plant in Georgia, despite tough challenges in the U.S. market. The company is investing $5 billion as it aims to persuade Americans to buy electric trucks. But Tuesday's groundbreaking comes just weeks before the federal government kills a $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit that President Donald Trump wanted to get rid of. Rivian officials say they're banking on making vehicles that buyers will find superior to traditional gas-fueled cars. A new Rivian SUV will start selling next year for $45,000. The Georgia plant is crucial to the company reaching a mass market and achieving profitability after years of losses.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has welcomed foreign investment and talked tough against illegal immigration. The fallout from an immigration raid on a Hyundai complex that detained 475 people raised questions about whether those stances conflict. Among those detained were more than 300 South Koreans, sparking questions in the Asian country about its relationship with the United States. Hyundai says it's investing $26 billion in U.S. plants, with more than $10 billion of that planned for Georgia. Kemp's office has only stated that he supports enforcement of immigration laws, emphasizing that companies must comply. Kemp's administration rejects suggestions that a projected $2.1 billion of incentives to Hyundai subsidize illegal employment.

U.S. immigration officials say some 475 people were detained during an immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles. South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lee Jaewoong described the number of detained South Koreans as "large" though he did not provide an exact figure. No charges were immediately announced. Officials from Homeland Security Investigations say the raid resulted from a monthslong investigation into allegations of illegal hiring at the site and was the largest single-site enforcement operation in the agency's two-decade history.

More than 20 states have sued President Donald Trump's administration over billions of dollars in frozen funding for after-school care, summer programs and more. Programs for more than 1 million students are at risk because of a Trump administration freeze on education grants. Congress set aside money for the programs at Boys & Girls Clubs, the YMCA and public schools to provide academic support, enrichment and child care. But Trump's administration says it wants to make sure recipients' programs align with the Republican president's priorities. The lawsuit was filed Monday. The lawsuit is led by California. It says freezing the money violates the Constitution and several federal laws.

Tropical Storm Debby has brought prolonged downpours to the southeastern United States and could hover over the Atlantic Ocean for the next few days, then boomerang back onto the mainland. The storm was forecast to move relatively slowly across some of America's most historic Southern cities with the potential of dropping record-setting rain. The center of Debby was just southeast of Savannah, Georgia, by 2 p.m. Tuesday. The latest forecast says Debby could restrengthen in the ocean and then move inland again near Charleston, South Carolina, by Thursday. Debby made landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast early Monday as a hurricane. At least five people have died.