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South Korean workers detained in Hyundai plant raid to be freed and flown home

Federal and immigration agents arrested hundreds of South Korean workers in an operation at the Georgia facility last week.

Federal and immigration agents arrested 475 people on Thursday — mostly South Korean nationals — while executing a judicial search warrant as part of a criminal investigation into alleged unlawful employment at the facility. The spokesperson added that South Korea will “push forward measures to review and improve the residency status and visa system for personnel travelling to the United States.” A sea of agents from HSI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies showed up Thursday to the site in the town of Ellabell where Hyundai and LG Energy Solution, a battery company based in Seoul, are jointly building a plant next to the manufacturing facility for electric vehicles.

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