Sep 10, 2025 PM EDT - Jason

U.S. Immigration Raid at Hyundai–LG Georgia Plant: Repatriation Planned but Departure Still Unclear

Roughly 475 workers were detained during a large-scale immigration raid at a Hyundai-LG Energy Solution battery plant construction site in Georgia on September 4, more than 300 of them South Korean nationals. The South Korean government has prepared a charter flight to bring its citizens home, but the exact timing of the departure remains uncertain amid U.S. procedural delays.