On ThursdayAy, the United States, had more than 300 South Koreans detained after they arrested an immigration attack in an electric vehicle factory in Georgia Electric Vehicle last week. The Korean citizens are now waiting for a flight to Seoul.
The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs said President Donald Trump delayed her previous flight after he had reported paths to keep it in the United States.
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On September 4, federal agents attacked a Hyundai electric vehicle plant near Savannah, Georgia, and I found 317 South Korean citizens. According to the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one of the liberated nationals asked to stay with the family in the USA, instead of driving a “voluntary departure” back to Seoul with 316 others.
What happens now?
The Korean air flight will leave at 12 p.m. in Atlanta and arrive in Seoul on Friday, as reported by NBC News.
The South Korean officials had expected the plane to leave in Atlanta on Wednesday. Officials said that the holdup was “due to the circumstances on the US page”.
Trump wanted them to stay
The Washington Post reported that Trump had requested a break in the return process to negotiate South Korea about whether the specialists who helped assemble a battery factory for electric vehicles could remain in the United States to end the job.
However, South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said that Foreign Minister Marco Rubio said that it would be best if the workers came home before returning to the USA, a South Korean official said that the workers were “already shocked and exhausted” by the circumstances of their detention.
The Trump government agreed to repatriate the South Koreans, and the president ordered to be brought to the airport without physical restrictions, during a break of standard procedures to enforce the immigration of the federal immigration.
The South Korean officials have criticized the use of wrist and ankle cuffs on the detained nationals, which were shown in pictures of the arrests.
Industry officers informed the Swiss Post that South Korean companies had sent employees under temporary visa exceptions or short-term business visa to close gaps in qualified workers in the United States
“Significant effects on direct investments”
The raid and imprisonment of South Korean immigrants have triggered concerns about relationships between the USA and South Korea. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said that his country's business could invest less in the United States
“I think this will have a significant impact on direct investments in the United States to get into the future,” said Lee at a press conference.
“Our companies that have expanded abroad are probably very confused,” he said. “We are not there for long -term research or employment. You need a facility manager to install the machines and equipment when you build a factory, right?”
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What happened?
The South Korean workers belonged to 475 people who were arrested during an immigration attack by Georgia, where Hyundai and LG Energy Solution works to build a factory to produce batteries for electric vehicles from the neighboring work of Hyundai.
The Trump government said that the arrested work or lived in the country without permission. The Visa status of repayment of the South Koreans are not entirely clear. The Department of Homeland Security said that some imprisoned workers had illegally joined the United States, while others had worked against their visa against their visa and some had rethought their visa.
The incident led to South Korean officials requested reforms to US visa practices or implement new Visa programs to alleviate future controversy.
Ian Kennedy (Video Editor Manager)
and Devin Pavlou (digital producer)
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