South Korea reaches the agreement with us to free up migrant workers arrested in Georgia

The South Korean government has concluded an agreement with the United States to obtain the release of hundreds of migrant workers detained in a Hyundai automobile factory in Georgia.

Internal security surveys said that 475 people who were in the country illegally, mainly from South Korea, were arrested as part of the operation at the Construction Battery Factory. Hyundai owns the factory, but said that none of the workers were directly employed by the company.

President Lee Jae Myung’s office said the country will send a charter plane to bring workers back to South Korea in the coming days.

The South Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a statement last week to express “concern and regret” during the RAID.

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This image of the video provided by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement via DVVIS shows employees of the manufacturing plant while waiting for their legs chained to the electric vehicle plant in the Hyundai group, Thursday, September 4, 2025, in Ellabelll, GA. (Corey Bullard / US Immigration and Customs Shall via AP)

HSI Georgia, Steven Schrank, said that some of the detained workers had illegally crossed the American border, while others had entered the country legally but had expired visas or had renounced the visa that prohibited them from working.

HSI said that some of the workers arrested were employed by subcontractors on the construction site, which has since been interrupted. Fox News Digital reported that ice and other law enforcement agencies were part of the operation.

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A view of the installation of the Hyundai Motor group in Georgia, part of an EV and battery project of several billion dollars (The Associated Press)

“To date, we understand that none of those detained is directly used by Hyundai Motor Company”, ” Hyundai told Fox News Digital in a declaration. “We deprive the safety and well-being of all those who work on the site and comply with all the laws and regulations wherever we operate.”

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The workplace raids have become an increasingly common operation for the application of immigration under the administration of President Donald Trump.

Federal agents hold workers during an immigration raid on the construction site of the Hyundai battery plant in Ellabelll, Georgia. (ATF)

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Last month, the federal authorities pushed the heads with certain Democratic officials in California on a cannabis farm, which led to the discovery of children working at the factory.

Cameron Arcand of Fox News and the Associated Press contributed to this report.