South Korea and US Agree to Release and Return Detained Hyundai Workers
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South Korea and the U.S. have agreed to repatriate over 300 South Korean workers detained during a large immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia, with plans to send a charter plane for their return after negotiations and administrative procedures. The raid, part of broader immigration enforcement, involved the detention of 475 individuals, mostly South Koreans, and has caused diplomatic concern, prompting South Korea to review visa policies for its nationals working in the U.S.
- South Korea reaches deal with U.S. to return home 300 workers detained in Hyundai plant raid PBS
- South Korea charters plane to fly home over 300 workers detained by ICE at Georgia Hyundai plant NPR
- Workers detained in Hyundai plant raid to be freed and flown home, South Korea says NBC News
- Immigration Raid Exposes Tensions From Seoul to Washington to Rural Georgia The New York Times
- South Korea reaches deal with US to release workers detained after immigration raid Fox News
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