I-Team: Calls for ICE to investigate who's building Korean battery plant in Jackson County

By Randy Travis Published August 19, 2020 COMMERCE, Ga. - The company promised 2,600 jobs once its factory was up and running. But no one made sure that at least some of the people actually building the plant be from Georgia. Each morning vans drop off Korean construction workers at the SK Battery America plant in Jackson County. A FOX 5 I-Team investigation has raised questions over who?s currently benefiting from a $2.6 billion factory under construction in Jackson County. Korean-owned SK Innovation chose Georgia after receiving one of the biggest tax relief packages our state has ever awarded: around $300 million in tax abatements and grants. SK Battery America is building what will eventually be a $2.6 billion factory that will employ 2600 workers.