U.S. Eases Visa Restrictions on South Korean Workers

The agreement came after an ICE raid on a factory in Georgia outraged one of America’s key allies.

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Hyundai I.C.E. Raid Detained Workers With Shor-Term Business Visas

Last week’s immigration operation at a battery plant highlighted a tactic that companies use to bring in foreign workers to establish new operations.

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Delayed Release of Workers Detained in Georgia Raid Fuels Anger in Korea

It is unclear when the South Korean detainees will be repatriated. They were previously scheduled to depart the United States on Wednesday.

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Raid on Georgia E.V. Battery Plant Raises New Risks for a Shaken Industry

Foreign manufacturers were already dealing with tariffs and the end of E.V. tax credits. Now, they face greater scrutiny of their workers’ immigration status.

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Raid on Georgia E.V. Battery Plant Raises New Risks for a Shaken Industry

Foreign manufacturers were already dealing with tariffs and the end of E.V. tax credits. Now, they face greater scrutiny of their workers’ immigration status.

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What We Know About the Hyundai-LG Plant Immigration Raid in Georgia

Several hundred workers, most of them South Korean nationals, were detained at the construction site of a sprawling electric vehicle battery plant on Thursday.

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South Korea Negotiates Release of Korean Workers Detained in Georgia Raid

The government said on Sunday that South Korea would send a charter plane to the United States to retrieve hundreds of workers detained in an immigration raid.

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Immigration Raid Exposes Tensions From Seoul to Washington to Rural Georgia

The raid at a Georgia plant being built with heavy investment from South Korea reveals strain as a rush to expand manufacturing in the United States clashes with an immigration crackdown.

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Immigration Raid on Hyundai-LG Plant in Georgia Rattles South Korea

The shocked but subdued reaction to the arrest of hundreds of Koreans at the site reflected the delicate position of a government engaged in tense trade talks with the Trump administration.

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South Koreans Are Among Hundreds Detained in Immigration Raid at Hyundai E.V. Plant

Executives of a South Korean battery maker were apprehended at a construction site in Georgia, the company said. The episode prompted diplomatic concern in Seoul.

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