"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 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."
"South Korea's Foreign Ministry said that Seoul and Washington are discussing details on allowing all the detained workers to return on a voluntary basis. It said Foreign Minister Cho Hyun is to leave for the U.S. on Monday afternoon for talks related to the workers' releases. 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 Thursday is especially distinct because of its large size and because the targeted site has been touted as Georgia's largest economic development project."
More than 300 South Korean workers detained during a large immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia will be released and repatriated. South Korea and the U.S. finalized negotiations on the workers' release and Seoul plans to send a charter plane once administrative steps are completed. Seoul and Washington are discussing voluntary return arrangements and Foreign Minister Cho Hyun will travel to the U.S. for related talks. U.S. authorities said 475 people were detained in the raid at a sprawling Hyundai site producing electric vehicles, including a construction plant partnered with LG Energy Solution to make batteries. The raid occurred amid broader U.S. workplace enforcement and deportation actions.
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