"More than 300 South Korean workers detained following a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia will be released and brought home, the South Korean government announced Sunday. Presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik said that South Korea and the U.S. had finalized negotiations on the workers' release. He said South Korea plans to send a charter plane to bring the workers home as soon as remaining administrative steps are completed."
"U.S. immigration authorities said Friday they detained 475 people, most of them South Korean nationals, when hundreds of federal agents raided Hyundai's sprawling manufacturing site in Georgia where the Korean automaker Hyundai makes electric vehicles. South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Hyun later said that more than 300 South Koreans were among the detained. The operation was the latest a long line of workplace raids conducted as part of the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda."
More than 300 South Korean workers detained during a large immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia will be released and repatriated after South Korea and the U.S. finalized negotiations. South Korea plans to send a charter plane. U.S. authorities said 475 people were detained, most South Korean nationals, when hundreds of federal agents raided Hyundai's sprawling manufacturing site that produces electric vehicles. Video showed agents directing workers to line up, frisking and shackling some detainees. Agents focused on a plant under construction with Hyundai and LG Energy Solution to produce EV batteries. Most detainees were taken to a Folkston detention center; none have been charged.
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