Hyundai Worker Raid Sparks US-Asia Trade and Immigration Concerns
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A U.S. immigration raid at a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia detained 475 workers, mostly South Koreans with specialized skills, sparking diplomatic tensions and calls for their release. The workers were reportedly there on short-term visas for highly technical tasks, and their detention has caused concern among South Korean officials and labor advocates.
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- Attorney says detained Korean Hyundai workers had special skills for short-term jobs PBS
- Nearly 500 workers were taken in a raid at Hyundai’s battery plant. In a quiet Georgia town, the silence is deafening CNN
- South Korea to send chartered plane to Atlanta to bring back workers detained in US Reuters
- Trump trade, immigration agendas collide in Hyundai raid NBC News
- Hyundai-LG immigration raid sparks alarm at foreign companies in the US Financial Times
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