Workers detained in Hyundai plant raid to be freed and flown home, South Korea says

South Korean workers detained during a massive immigration raid on a Hyundai facility in Georgia will be returned to South Korea on a chartered flight, President Lee Jae Myung’s office said Sunday

South Korean workers detained during a massive immigration raid on a Hyundai facility in Georgia will be returned to South Korea on a chartered flight, President Lee Jae Myung’s office said Sunday.

Federal and immigration agents arrested 475 people on Thursday — mostly South Korean nationals — while executing a judicial search warrant as part of a criminal investigation into alleged unlawful employment at the facility.

“Negotiations for the release of the detained workers have been concluded,” a presidential spokesperson announced Sunday. “Only the administrative procedures remain, and once they are completed, a chartered flight will depart to bring our nationals home.”

More than 300 South Korean nationals were detained, according to the spokesperson.

The spokesperson added that South Korea will “push forward measures to review and improve the residency status and visa system for personnel traveling to the United States.”