US EditionHundreds of South Korean Workers Fly Home After ICE Raid at Hyundai–LG Battery Site
Over 300 South Korean workers detained in a US raid were released and returned home, highlighting visa system issues and potential impacts on future US investments, officials said.
- A plane, chartered by the South Korean government, landed in South Korea with over 300 workers released from detention in Georgia.
- The South Korean foreign ministry stated that Trump delayed the repatriation to discuss the workers’ roles in setting up an electric vehicle battery plant.
- About 145 workers from other countries remain in detention following the raid that affected the South Korean workers.
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More than 300 South Koreans detained in an immigration raid on a Hyundai and LG battery plant under construction in Georgia returned home on Friday, amid criticism across the South Korean political spectrum that the United States betrayed Korea and treated the detainees like “prisoners of war.”
Koreans detained in US Hyundai raid return home
What happened More than 300 South Koreans detained last week in a U.S. immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia landed in South Korea on Friday on a government charter flight. The Trump administration released the 316 Koreans and 14 other Asian nationals from a detention facility in Folkston, Georgia, on Thursday under a deal with Seoul.Who said what The mass detention and the “U.S. release of video showing some Korean workers shackled wit…
Over 300 South Korean workers return home after detainment in Georgia
More than 300 South Korean workers detained at a Georgia construction site last week arrived in Seoul on Friday following their release from U.S. immigration detention centers. Their return brought closure to a situation that outraged many in South Korea and may jeopardize the American ally’s future business investments in the U.S. The South Korean workers landed at Seoul’s international airport after departing from Atlanta. The Associated Press…
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