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The South Korean government states that it has concluded negotiations with the US to release its citizens detained in a large -scale immigration rail at the Hyundai plant in Georgia.
The head of the South Korean presidential department said that with the help of the detained procedures the administration would be sent a statutory aircraft.
Kan Hong-Syk said the authorities tried to improve the visa system to prevent similar incidents in the future.
US officials detained 475 people – more than 300 South Korean citizens – who, according to them, were illegally working in a battery, one of the largest foreign investment projects in the state.
The White House defended the operation, rejecting the concern that the raid could restrain foreign investments.
“They were illegal foreigners, and ice (immigration and execution of customs authorities) simply did their job,” said President Donald Trump after the raids on Friday.
The video published by ICE officials showed that Asian workers rose in front of the building, with some wore yellow vests such as “Hyundai” and “LG CNS”.
“People who are in short-term or recreational visas have no right to work in the US,” Ice said, adding that raid is needed to protect US jobs.
“This operation sends a clear message that those who exploit the system and undermine our labor will be held accountable,” a special security agent (HSI) Stephen Schrank said in a statement on Saturday.
South Korea, close to us, promised tens of billions of dollars for US investments in production, partly to compensate for tariffs.
The raid terms because two governments participate in sensitive trade talks, caused concern about Seoul.
Trump actively called on major investments from other countries, as well as enhance visa apparatus for foreign companies.
The LG Energy Solution, which works at the Hyundai plant, says many arrested LG employees were in business streams with different visas or as part of a visa refusal program.
The company said it suspends the majority of business in the US and sent employees to the US assignment immediately return home.
South Korean media widely describe raid as “shock” when the Dong-A ILBO newspaper warned that it could “cool down on the activities of our business in the US.”
The factory, which creates new electric cars, was recognized as the Republican Governor of Georgia as the largest project of economic development in the history of the state in which 1200 people worked.
Arrested workers are held in ice in Folkstan, Georgia.
47 employees were detained and about 250 workers for contractors at the joint venture plant.
