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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U.S. Obstructs Return of South Korean Workers Detained in Hyundai-LG Plant - teleSUR English
More than 300 South Koreans remain in U.S. custody over visa issues. On Wednesday, South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said the United States is obstructing the repatriation of more than 300 South Koreans detained at the Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution battery plant. RELATED: Honduran President Backs Immigrants After Court Ruling Clears Path to End TPS “Their departure has become difficult due to circumstances on the U.S. side,” the South Korean…
South Korea sends plane for workers detained at Hyundai plant
South Korea sent a chartered plane to collect workers detained in an immigration raid at a Hyundai-LG Energy Solution battery plant in Georgia last week. Nearly 500 workers, including 300 South Korean nationals, were rounded up in the Sept. 4 raid carried out by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The administration has touted the move as President Trump's most ambitious enforcement effort yet. Officials from Seoul on Wednesday sent a Boe…
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US says backs S.Korea investment as plane fetches detained workers
The United States said Wednesday that it welcomed investment from South Korea, which dispatched a plane to repatriate hundreds of workers arrested in an immigration raid that shocked the close US ally.
Seoul, Sep 10 (EFE).- The South Korean government reported this Wednesday that it is having difficulty bringing back South Koreans detained at the Hyundai plant in Georgia, USA, as planned, due to “circumstances” in the US country. The departure of South Korean nationals from that country today, as planned, “has become difficult due to circumstances on the US side,” the Seoul Foreign Ministry said in a statement, without giving details about the…
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