US EditionSome Korean Workers Detained in Georgia Immigration Raid Have Returned to Their Jobs at Hyundai Site
About 30 skilled South Korean technicians have resumed work at Hyundai’s Georgia EV battery plant after visa reissues, following a September immigration raid that detained over 300 workers.
- On Thursday, some South Korean workers detained in the Sept. 4 raid returned to resume jobs at Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America after the State Department reissued visas.
- ICE agents arrested 475 people in the Sept. 4 raid at Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America, halting work on the $7.6 billion battery plant under construction.
- Around 180 people on B-1 business visas have had those visas restored, and the State Department said it reissued visas to support South Korean investment and short-term skilled entry.
- Workers' lawyers are preparing a class-action lawsuit with around 200 plaintiffs accusing ICE of racial discrimination and excessive force, while South Korea's government demands visa system improvements.
- With production timelines at stake, around 30 employees have returned to work at HL-GA Battery as construction and machinery installation resume, keeping the first half of next year target.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Jun-sam = In the U.S. state of Georgia, where a large-scale detention of about 300 Korean workers occurred last September, the aftermath is still...
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AlKhaleej TodaySouth Koreans shrug off Trump crackdown and clock back in at Georgia plant
SEOUL, Nov 14 — Some South Korean workers returned to a factory in the US state of Georgia, an industry source told AFP on Friday, after hundreds were detained at the site in an immigration raid.US authorities arrested around 475 people, the majority South Koreans, when they raided the Hyundai-LG battery plant in September.Those arrested had overstayed their visas or held permits that did not allow manual labour, Immigration and Customs Enforcem…
Two months after 300 South Koreans were arrested in a raid on Hyundai plant, some take up jobs in the factory.
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