US EditionTrump Offered to Let Detained Korean Workers Stay in U.S. to Train Americans, but Most Returning Home, Seoul Says
President Trump urged detained South Korean workers to stay in the U.S. to train American workers, but nearly all of the 316 detained workers chose to return home, South Korean officials said.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump offered hundreds of South Korean workers detained during an ICE raid at a Hyundai-LG battery plant in Georgia to stay and train American personnel, causing a one-day repatriation delay.
- Last week, an ICE enforcement raid detained about 300 South Koreans and 175 others at the Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution joint venture project in Georgia, raising concerns over visa limits for skilled foreign workers.
- South Korean officials said 316 South Koreans and 14 other foreign nationals will fly from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on a chartered Korean Airlines plane Thursday, while a Korean Air Boeing 747-8I was seen preparing for repatriation.
- Trump ordered the repatriation hold as U.S. officials assessed if detained South Korean nationals could remain to train American employees, a pause South Korean President Lee Jae Myung confirmed Thursday.
- Officials said the episode could affect future investment decisions as South Korean leaders warned it may make companies hesitant to invest and prompted talks on improving the U.S. visa system for skilled workers.
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'No thanks': Raided South Korean workers leave US despite Trump's offer to let them stay
More than 300 South Koreans detained in the US after a massive immigration raid on a Hyundai-LG factory have returned home, despite the Trump administration's offer to let them stay. As he marked 100 days since he took over a country in crisis, President Lee Jae Myung warned that the incident could make companies hesitate to invest in the US. Jay Song, honorary associate professor at The Australian National University, speaks to FRANCE 24 about …
The 316 South Korean workers detained last week by U.S. immigration authorities during a macro-round at a Hyundai plant in the State of Georgia have landed this Friday at Incheon International Airport (west of Seoul), where they have been greeted by their family members with contained banners, hugs and tears. The repatriation operation puts an end to an episode that has created a deep gap in the relationship of the two allied countries.
Over 300 Korean engineers and mechanics were arrested at a Hyundai factory by immigration police in the United States. South Korea immediately sent a plane to bring them home. But Trump delayed the trip.
Hundreds of Korean Workers Rounded Up in U.S. Immigration Raid Reject Trump’s Offer to Stay
In a stunning turn of events that underscores the chaos surrounding U.S. immigration policy, Donald Trump personally offered hundreds of South Korean workers detained in a massive immigration raid the opportunity to stay in the country—and nearly every single one of them said no. The raid, which unfolded last week at Hyundai’s $4.3 billion EV battery plant under construction in Georgia, resulted in the arrest of around 300 South Korean nationals…
RECIT - The arrest of 300 Hyundai employees undermines Seoul's confidence in the American alliance in an uncertain geopolitical context in the face of China and North Korea.
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