Analysts roundly criticized President Donald Trump's explanation on Sunday night of why immigration officials raided a Hyundai electric car battery plant in Georgia.

On Friday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials detained 475 South Korean workers who were helping set up with battery plant in Georgia. In 2023, the company announced it would spend $2 billion to build the plant.

Trump justified the move on Sunday in a post on Truth Social by telling foreign companies to "respect" American immigration law.

"Your Investments are welcome, and we encourage you to LEGALLY bring your very smart people, with great technical talent, to build World Class products, and we will make it quickly and legally possible for you to do so," Trump's post reads. "What we ask in return is that you hire and train American Workers. Together, we will all work hard to make our Nation not only productive, but closer in unity than ever before."

Analysts criticized Trump's response on social media.

"'Here illegally' is almost certainly a lie," Rick Petree, managing director at Global Power Partners, posted on X. "But more importantly, Trump is effectively saying the Hyundai raid is justified by the same protectionist instincts that underpin his tariff policies. 'Foreigners out!' is his message."

"It makes me think he’s extremely worried about the international incident he just caused," journalist Matt Novak wrote on Bluesky. "What foreign company is going to make investments in a country where their workers are just getting jailed arbitrarily?"

"It really is difficult to destroy the greatest economy in the world in less than a year, but he is always looking to find new ways to do it," journalist Ron Filipkowski posted on X.

"This plant wasn’t scheduled to start running until late 2025 or early 2026," Democratic analyst Christopher Webb posted on X. "These workers weren’t taking jobs; they were building the factory that would create them."

President Donald Trump issued a threat to foreign companies doing business in America on Sunday after Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials conducted a large-scale workplace raid in Georgia.

On Friday, 475 South Korean workers at a Hyundai plant in Georgia were detained as part of an immigration operation. South Korea chartered a flight home for the workers over the weekend, and NPR reported that the country's foreign minister is planning to visit the U.S. and discuss the operation with Trump.

Trump outlined his stance in a post on Truth Social on Sunday.

"Following the Immigration Enforcement Operation on the Hyundai Battery Plant in Georgia, I am hereby calling on all Foreign Companies investing in the United States to please respect our Nation’s Immigration Laws," Trump's post reads in part.

"Your Investments are welcome, and we encourage you to LEGALLY bring your very smart people, with great technical talent, to build World Class products, and we will make it quickly and legally possible for you to do so," the post adds. "What we ask in return is that you hire and train American Workers."

"Together, we will all work hard to make our Nation not only productive, but closer in unity than ever before," the post continues.

Senate lawmakers risk allowing the presidency's powers to continue expanding unless they can restore a "vital check," according to a new editorial.

The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board argued in a new op-ed on Sunday that dysfunction in Congress has atrophied the advise and consent process, one of its core checks on presidential power. The process allows Senators to confirm presidential appointees by a voice vote, also known as unanimous consent. A majority of presidential appointees in the last three administrations have been approved by unanimous consent, according to the editorial.

President Donald Trump's administration has had to staff some executive offices with temporary leadership because of this logjam, the editorial adds.

"As Congress sinks further into dysfunction, the Presidency keeps getting stronger," the editorial reads in part. "The advise and consent role the Founders gave the Senate remains a vital check. Across-the-board obstruction and feeble acquiescence are defining it down."

The roadblock Democrats have created is a headache for the GOP and the Trump administration, according to the editorial.

"The GOP’s understandable frustration is creating real pressure to do, well, something," the editorial reads. "Mr. Trump has juked the vacancy laws to keep U.S. Attorneys on the job despite no confirmation votes, which is being challenged in court. He has urged the Senate to take a holiday and let him make recess appointments en masse."

"But that would be a dereliction of the Senate’s constitutional duty, and it would leave the GOP no way to save Mr. Trump from his worst impulses," it adds. "Think Attorney General Matt Gaetz."

Read the entire editorial by clicking here.