Trump says he doesn't want to 'frighten off' foreign investment after backlash to Hyundai raid

President Trump sought to play cleanup amid backlash to an immigration raid at a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia, insisting in a post on social media that foreign experts would be welcomed to the U.S. for a "period of time" to train U.S. workers.

"When Foreign Companies who are building extremely complex products, machines, and various other 'things,' come into the United States with massive Investments, I want them to bring their people of expertise for a period of time to teach and train our people how to make these very unique and complex products, as they phase out of our Country, and back into their land," Trump posted late Sunday.

"If we didn’t do this, all of that massive Investment will never come in the first place — Chips, Semiconductors, Computers, Ships, Trains, and so many other products that we have to learn from others how to make, or, in many cases, relearn, because we used to be great at it, but not anymore," Trump added.

The president said he did not want to "frighten off or disincentivize Investment into America by outside Countries or Companies."

"We welcome them, we welcome their employees, and we are willing to proudly say we will learn from them, and do even better than them at their own 'game,' sometime into the not too distant future!" Trump posted.

The president's post comes as South Korea has reacted with outrage over an immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia, in which more than 300 South Korean workers were detained by authorities and returned home.

South Korean leaders have warned the treatment of those at the Hyundai plant could discourage future investment in the U.S. South Korean officials said Monday the country would investigate whether its workers were subject to any human rights violations during the raid.

The Trump administration has aggressively cracked down on deporting immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally. But the president has at times had to balance that approach with frustration from certain industries, including farmers, over the loss of foreign workers.