"SEOUL, South Korea -- More than 300 South Korean workers detained following a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia will be released and brought home, the South Korean government announced Sunday. Kang Hoon-sik, chief of staff for President Lee Jae Myung, said that South Korea and the U.S. had finalized negotiations on the workers' release. He said South Korea plans to send a charter plane to bring the workers home as soon as remaining administrative steps are completed."
"U.S. immigration authorities said Friday they 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. Agents focused on a plant that is still under construction at which Hyundai has partnered with LG Energy Solution to produce batteries that power EVs. Cho said that more than 300 South Koreans were among the detained."
"The operation was the latest in a long line of workplace raids conducted as part of the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda. But the one on Thursday is especially distinct because of its large size and the fact that state officials have long called the targeted site Georgia's largest economic development project. The raid stunned many in South Korea because the country is a key U.S. ally."
South Korea and the U.S. finalized negotiations to release more than 300 detained South Korean workers from a Hyundai plant in Georgia, and South Korea will send a charter plane to repatriate them after remaining administrative steps are completed. Foreign Minister Cho Hyun will travel to the U.S. for related talks. U.S. immigration agents detained 475 people at Hyundai's Georgia manufacturing site, focusing on a plant still under construction where Hyundai and LG Energy Solution plan to produce EV batteries. The operation formed part of broader workplace raids tied to the Trump administration's deportation agenda and targeted a major state economic development project. President Lee emphasized that nationals' rights and South Korean companies' economic activities must not be unfairly infringed during U.S. law enforcement procedures. South Korea's Foreign Ministry expressed concern.
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