WASHINGTON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's

administration plans to target more businesses for immigration

enforcement after a raid on a Hyundai facility in Georgia led to

hundreds of arrests, a top White House official said on Sunday.

Speaking on CNN's 'State of the Union,' White House border

czar Tom Homan said the administration would intensify the focus

on workplaces.

"We're going to do more worksite enforcement operations,"

Homan said. "No one hires an illegal alien out of the goodness

of their heart. They hire them because they can work them

harder, pay them less, undercut the competition that hires U.S.

citizen employees."

Opponents of Trump's crackdown and some business groups say

major U.S. industries - including agriculture, hospitality and

meatpacking - depend on immigrants without legal status.

U.S. immigration authorities arrested 475 people on

immigration violations during the raid of the Hyundai facility

on Thursday, most of whom were South Korean nationals. The South

Korean government said on Sunday that the workers would be

returned once administrative procedures were completed.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not immediately

respond to a request for comment.

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said

during a press conference on Friday that some of the people

arrested at the facility had crossed the border illegally and

overstayed visas. A separate ICE official told Reuters that many

had visas for tourists and business travelers that do not

include a work permit.

The arrests in Georgia followed tougher rhetoric by Trump on

illegal immigration. For weeks, Trump and his top officials have

suggested the administration could send National Guard troops

and federal officers to Chicago to target crime and

immigration.

In a Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump posted a meme

based on the 1979 Vietnam war movie "Apocalypse Now" that showed

an image of the Chicago skyline with flames and helicopters,

reminiscent of the deadly helicopter attack on a Vietnamese

village in the film.

On CNN, Homan defended the meme, which has been heavily

criticized by Chicago residents and others for its warlike

imagery and suggestion that the city is a military target. He

said it was being taken out of context and that the Trump

administration was only going to war with criminals and those

violating immigration laws.