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The detainees boarded a bus during a federal agent raid, which about 300 South Kajeds were among 475 people arrested at the Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution project to create electric vehicles in Elobele, Georgia, September 4, 2025.
American Immigration and Customs Enf | Through Reuters
A plane carrying hundreds working which were detained in the US An immigration raid in A Hyundai-Lg the energy solution Plant battery Last week in Georgia, on Thursday, she went to the US airspace, which was directed to South Korea.
According to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea, more than 300 Koreans have been translated on board a diplomatic plane left by Hartsfield International Airport Jackson Atlanta.
Last week, a South Korean diplomatic aircraft was transported by workers detained in huge raids in the US on a taxi on a car battery on the runway before take-off at Atlanta International Airport, Georgia, September 11.
Alyssa Pointer | Reuters
The plane also transported 14 foreign employees of South Korean companies who were detained.
Takeoff Thursday celebrates the latest development in a major diplomatic confrontation, which ordered the attention of enterprises and politicians in the US and South Korea.
The US authorities had a search warrant when entering the Elobel Plant, Georgia last Thursday. They said the detained employees or work in the country without legal status.
The South Koreans made up the majority of the common delays that housed the battery -built South Korean companies Hyundai and LG Energy Solution.
After the raid, Seoul established a “reaction to all the government” in cooperation with the affected companies, the translation said.
“The government will continue to make its maximum effort until every Korean citizen is safely returned home,” the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
All but one of the South Korean citizens, the US detained in the raid voluntarily depart.
The Korean aviation aircraft, which was transported by Korean workers detained at the Georgian immigration raid, leaves the Hartsfield-Jack International Airport in Atlanta, heading to South Korea on September 11, 2025.
George Walker IV | AP
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that it is currently working on ensuring cooperation between two governments on visas moving forward.
According to the comments of the CEO of Hyundai Jose Munose, the battery plant is threatened with a delay for at least two to two months reports Reuters During the event in Detroit.
Munosis said he was surprised when he initially heard immigration, given that the use of this type of work is considered typical when the plant begins to work.
“You need to get specialized people to build plants,” Munosis said. “There are many skills and equipment you can’t find in the US.”
– Dennis Green and Laya Neelakandan CNBC and contributed to this report.
