US EditionSouth Korea says US release of video showing workers' arrest was regrettable
South Korea secured release of over 300 detained workers after the largest U.S. single-site immigration raid, with repatriation pending final administrative steps.
- The South Korean government expressed "concern and regret" over the raid targeting its citizens and sent diplomats to the site, according to its official statement.
- South Korea plans to send a charter plane to bring the workers home pending the completion of administrative steps, as announced by the government.
- None of the detained individuals has been charged with any crimes, stated Steven Schrank, lead Georgia agent of Homeland Security Investigations.
- South Korea's presidential office confirmed that negotiations to release about 300 detained South Koreans have concluded and processing is ongoing, according to Kang Hoon-sik, chief of staff for President Lee Jae Myung.
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The more than 300 South Korean citizens arrested in a migrant raid at a battery factory in the United States will be released and returned to their country, the South Korean government announced this Sunday. The raid took place last Thursday at a battery factory for electric cars in Hyundai and LG, currently under construction in Ellabell, state of Georgia, in the southeast of the United States. According to the US authorities, it was the larges…
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