The Korean government said it has signed a contract with the United States to release citizens who are detained in large -scale immigration air raids at Georgia’s modern plant.
The President of the Korean President said that when the administrative procedure is completed, a certified plane will be dispatched to bring the detainees home.
Kang Hoon-Sik said that the authorities are trying to improve the visa system to prevent such events.
US officials detained 475 (more than 300 Koreans).
Yang -Hyun Yang is expected to travel to the United States on Monday.
The White House defended modern operations and dismissed concerns that raids could prevent foreign investment.
“They were illegal aliens and ice (immigration and tariff execution),” said Donald Trump’s raid on Friday.
And Sunday, TSAR TOM HOMAN, the Trump administration border, said CNN’s alliance will be able to attack more likely to be a modern plant.
“We will operate more workplaces,” Homan said.
“No one hires illegal aliens in the goodness of their own mind. They hire them because they can work harder, less, and weaken the competition for hiring American citizens.”
The video released by ICE officials was found to have been shaped by Asian workers in front of the building, and some wore a yellow vest with the same names as “modern” and “LG CNS.”
Ice added, “Short -term or recreation visas do not have the authority to work in the United States.”
“This operation conveyed a clear message that people who exploit the system and undermine our workforce would be responsible,” he said in a statement on Saturday.
South Korea, a near -US alliance, has sweared to invest in US manufacturing investment and partially offset tariffs.
As the two governments participated in sensitive trade negotiations, the time of raid raised concerns in Seoul.
Trump actively encouraged other countries to strengthen visa allocation for foreign companies.
LG ENERGY SOLUTION, which operates a factory with Hyundai, said that many LG employees arrested are on business trips with various visas or under the visa exemption program.
The company said that it is stopping most of the business trips to the United States and instructing the US employees to return home immediately.
The Korean media widely described the air raids as “shock”, and the DONG-A ILBO newspaper warned that “it can have a cold impact on American business activities.”
The plant, which creates a new electric vehicle, has hired 1,200 people as the largest economic development project in history by the Republican governor of Georgia.
The arrested workers are held in the ice facility of Georgia.
LG ENERGY SOLUTION said 47 contractors and about 250 workers were detained.
