"South Korea plans to dispatch a chartered plane on Wednesday to return hundreds of citizens detained in last week's immigration raid in the US state of Georgia, Korean Air has said. Korean Air, South Korea's flagship carrier, said on Tuesday that it would operate a flight to Atlanta, Georgia, to repatriate the workers following their arrest at the construction site of a South Korean-operated electric-vehicle battery plant."
"US immigration authorities on Thursday detained about 475 people at the site of the $4.3bn Hyundai Motor Group-LG Energy Solution joint venture in Bryan County, Georgia. About 300 of those swept up in the raid were South Korean nationals. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which has launched a sweeping crackdown on unauthorised migration under the direction of US President Donald Trump, said the arrested individuals were found to be working illegally in violation of the terms of their visas."
Korean Air plans to dispatch a chartered Boeing 747-8i to Atlanta on Wednesday to repatriate hundreds of South Korean citizens detained in a Georgia immigration raid. US immigration authorities detained about 475 people at the Hyundai Motor Group-LG Energy Solution joint venture site in Bryan County; roughly 300 of those detained were South Korean nationals. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the arrested individuals were working illegally in violation of visa terms. The raid has provoked outrage in South Korea. South Korea's foreign minister, Cho Hyun, traveled to Washington, DC, to seek assurances that the workers will not face multi-year re-entry bans. President Trump warned foreign companies to respect US immigration law while welcoming foreign investment.
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