More than 300 years old Immigration raid The South Korean government announced on Sunday at the Hyundai factory in Georgia and brought it home.
Kang Hoon Sick, Chief of Staff of President Lee Jay Meong, said that South Korea and the United States had finished the touches on negotiations on the release of workers. He said that South Korea is planning to send a rented plane to bring workers home as soon as the remaining administrative steps are completed.
The US immigration authorities said on Friday that they had detained 475 people, most of whom were South Korea citizens, Matthew Hundreds of federal agents raided The sprawling Hyundai manufacturing site in Georgia, where the Korean auto manufacturer manufactures electric cars. Agents who focus on a factory that is still under construction in which Hyundai has signed a partnership with LG Energy Solution Batter’s production That power EVS.
South Korea Foreign Minister Chu Hyun said that more than 300 South Koreans were among the detainees.
The process was the latest in a long series of workplace raids that were conducted as part of the Trump administration Collective deportation agenda. But the project on Thursday is especially distinguished due to its size and the fact that state officials have long described the target site the largest economic development project in Georgia.
The raid was amazed by many in South Korea because the country is a key ally of the United States. In July, he agreed to purchase $ 100 billion of US energy and investment of $ 350 billion in the United States for the US tariff rates. About two weeks ago, US President Donald Trump and Mr. Lee held summit talks, the first in Washington.
Mr. Lee called for a “comprehensive response” to the raid, saying that the rights of South Korean citizens and the economic activities of South Korean companies should not violate unfairly during American law enforcement procedures. The South Korea Foreign Ministry issued a separately statement to express “anxiety and remorse” on the case and sent diplomats to the site.
A video released by the United States of Migration and Customs on Saturday showed a convoy of vehicles that lead to the site, then federal agents direct workers abroad. Some of the detainees ordered their hands to be placed on a bus, where they were equipped and then resided around their hands, ankles and waist.
Most of the detained people were transferred to the immigration detention center in Volkson, Georgia, near the Florida state line. None of them was accused of any crimes.
He said that some of the detained workers had crossed the American border illegally, while others entered the country legally, but they have finished implementing visas or entered into a waiver of the visa that prevented them from working.
South Korean Presidential Chief of Staff said that South Korea will pay a review and improvement of visa systems for those who travel to the United States on commercial trips for investment projects.