Detained South Korean workers are heading home, officials say
WASHINGTON- Hundreds of South Korean workers detained during a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia will soon return home, officials with President Lee Jae Myung’s office said. United States Immigration agents detained about 475 people , including more than 300 Koreans, at an under-construction battery facility 30 miles northwest of Savannah on Sept. 4. Federal officials said the workers violated an array of immigration laws, including some who illegally crossed the U.S. border and others in the country on tourist visas that do not allow them to work. South Korea’s Presidential Chief of Staff Kang Hun-sik said in televised remarks on Sept. 7 that negotiations with the U.S. had concluded, and the workers would fly home after completing additional administrative procedures. The workers will fly to South Korea on a chartered plane, Hun-sik said. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for co...