US EditionSouth Korea sends plane to US to bring back workers detained in immigration raid
South Korea arranges a Korean Air Boeing 747-8i to repatriate over 300 workers detained during the largest U.S. single-site immigration enforcement action, avoiding formal deportation.
- A chartered Korean Air plane will depart this week to bring home over 300 South Korean workers detained in a U.S. immigration raid at a car battery plant in Georgia, according to industry sources.
- The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted the largest single-site immigration raid, arresting 475 individuals for alleged illegal employment, including the Korean workers.
- South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Hyun is in Washington negotiating for protections for the workers, while nearly 60% of South Koreans feel the U.S. response was excessive, as shown in a Realmeter poll.
- President Lee Jae Myung stated that Seoul will seek a reasonable resolution, expressing a 'heavy responsibility' for the detained nationals.
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