"More than 300 South Korean workers detained in the United States in an immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia will be released and brought home, the South Korean government has announced. Presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik said Sunday that South Korea and the US had finalised negotiations on the release of the workers whom US immigration authorities had detained on Thursday."
"US immigration authorities said on Friday that they had detained 475 people, most of them South Korean nationals, when hundreds of federal agents raided Hyundai's sprawling manufacturing site in Georgia, where the Korean automaker makes electric vehicles. A spokesperson said the immigration component of the raid came as part of a larger, months-long investigation into labour practices at the site."
More than 300 South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia will be released and repatriated. South Korean and US officials finalised negotiations for the workers' release and South Korea plans to send a charter plane once administrative steps are completed. US immigration authorities said 475 people were detained during the raid, most of them South Korean nationals. Officials said the immigration element formed part of a larger, months-long investigation into labour practices. Video showed federal agents directing and restraining workers during the operation. ICE activity has increased amid expanded funding and authority.
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