"The South Korean foreign minister, Cho Hyun, is set to travel to the United States on Monday as the fallout continues from an immigration raid on a Hyundai plant in Georgia during which over 300 South Korean workers were detained. On Sunday, the South Korean government said it had finalized negotiations for the workers' release and planned to send a charter plane to bring them back to Seoul."
"Video footage released by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Saturday showed a column of vehicles approaching the site in Georgia and then federal agents directing workers to line up outside. Some detainees were ordered to put their hands up against a bus as they were patted down before having their hands, ankles and waists cuffed. Steven Schrank, Homeland Security Investigations lead for Georgia, told a news conference that some of the detained workers had illegally crossed the US border."
South Korea will send its foreign minister to the United States after an ICE raid at a Hyundai-LG battery plant in Georgia detained over 300 South Korean workers. The South Korean government finalized negotiations for the workers' release and plans to send a charter plane to repatriate them to Seoul. The raid came days after President Lee Jae Myung met with US President Donald Trump and follows large South Korean purchase and investment commitments in the United States. Video footage showed federal agents directing workers to line up, patting them down and cuffing hands, ankles and waists, while US officials said some had entered illegally or held expired status.
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