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.

President Donald Trump's administration has awarded a $1.2 billion contract to a tiny Virginia company to build and operate what's expected to become the nation's largest immigration detention complex at Fort Bliss in Texas. Acquisition Logistics LLC has no experience running correction facilities and had never won a federal contract for more than $16 million. The Pentagon refuses to disclose the Army's contract with Acquisition Logistics or explain why it selected the company to build the massive tent camp. The Department of Homeland Security oversees the camp and says it's "working at turbo speed on cost-effective and innovative ways" to fulfill the president's promise of mass deportations.

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation flights reach record highs, the airlines running the trips have taken steps to make it more difficult to track the planes used to carry shackled people across the country and around the world. That's according to independent groups monitoring the flights. In recent months, ICE Air contractors started using dummy call signs for the planes in the air and are hiding their tail numbers so they can't be located on public tracking websites. Once on the ground, the planes are parked behind buildings so the migrants can't be seen arriving or boarding. Despite these obstacles, dedicated immigrant rights advocates have created ways to follow ICE flights using shared information and crowdsourced data from radio signals.

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis dispatched his top deputy to California to oversee the handover of a truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida. Lt. Gov. Jay Collins' presence in Stockton, California, on Thursday underscores Republicans' push to crack down on illegal immigration. It also revs up a political rivalry between DeSantis and California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Collins says the driver was in the country illegally from India and never should have been issued a driver's license. A Newsom spokesperson called Collins' trip a "photo op" and criticized Florida officials for letting the suspect leave Florida in the first place.

President Donald Trump's decision to increase federal law enforcement and immigration agents in Washington has impacted neighborhoods like Columbia Heights. On Tuesday, vendors noticed fewer customers, especially Spanish speakers. The White House reported 450 arrests since the federal operation began on Aug. 7. The Republican president declared a crisis in the Democratic-controlled city, despite declining crime statistics, and took control of the police department for 30 days. Democratic Rep. Sam Liccardo of California introduced a bill to require reports on National Guard deployments, although it's unlikely to pass in the Republican-controlled Congress.

The Mississippi National Guard will deploy 200 troops to Washington as part of the Trump administration's ongoing federal policing and immigration efforts in the nation's capital. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said in a statement Monday that he has approved the deployment of approximately 200 troops to Washington. Reeves said that crime is out of control and "something must be done." Mississippi joins three other GOP-led states that have pledged to deploy hundreds of National Guard members to the nation's capital to bolster the Republican administration's operation to overhaul policing in the Democratic-led city through a federal crackdown on crime and homelessness.

A federal judge is hearing Washington's request for a temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump's federal takeover of the city's police department. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes indicated the law likely doesn't allow the Trump administration power to fully take over city police, but it probably does give the president more power than the city might like. Washington is seeking to block Trump's police takeover. The District of Columbia's attorney general filed the lawsuit Friday after Bondi named an emergency police commissioner with all the powers of the police chief.

The White House has announced an increased federal law enforcement presence in Washington for at least the next week to combat crime. This move follows President Donald Trump's suggestions that his administration could take over running the city. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that federal personnel from various police forces would be visible on the streets starting at midnight. This initiative will last for at least a week, but there will be the option to extend. The decision comes after a recent assault on a government worker, and amid Trump's criticism of rising crime in the city. Local officials, however, can point to declines in carjackings and homicides since 2023.