US EditionUS States Race to Retain Korean Investors After Immigration Raid
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US states race to retain Korean investors after immigration raid
A growing number of U.S. state governors have reaffirmed the importance of Korean companies investing in their states. Their moves to court the Korean firms came after a massive immigration raid at HL-GA Battery’s Georgia factory on Sept. 4 and the subsequent weeklong detention of more than 300 Korean workers, which has prompted some firms to reconsider their planned investments in the U.S. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Tuesday (local time) that …
An economic official in the U.S. state of Georgia has emphasized the need for Korean workers who were arrested and detained by immigration authorities at the construction site of the Hyundai-LG Energy Solution joint venture Megasite battery plant and then returned to the U.S., and announced that they are discussing ways to bring them back. Trip Tollison, director of the Savannah Economic Development Authority in Savannah, Georgia, said in an int…
A plan to allow Korean workers to return to the United States after they were arrested by U.S. immigration authorities at a construction site for a joint battery plant between Hyundai Motor Company and LG Energy Solution and detained for a week is being discussed internally in the state of Georgia.
US Raid on Hyundai-LG Georgia Plant Detains 475 Workers Over Visa Misuse
In a sweeping immigration enforcement action that has rippled through the automotive and manufacturing sectors, U.S. authorities raided a Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution Ltd. joint venture battery plant in Georgia last week, detaining hundreds of workers and sparking debates over visa compliance and labor practices. The operation, led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), targeted the construction site of what is poised to be a …
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