South Korean workers who were detained in a Hyundai factory raid are now headed home. Here's what else to know

South Korean workers who were detained in a Hyundai factory raid are now headed home. Here’s what else to know Nation Sep 11, 2025 4:04 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — More than 300 South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid at a Georgia battery factory in Georgia last week left Atlanta shortly before noon Thursday, bound for South Korea.

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The workers went by bus from southeast Georgia to Atlanta earlier in the day and are expected to land in South Korea on Friday afternoon, according to South Korea’s Foreign Ministry.

The developments came the same day South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called for improvements in the U.S. visa system as he spoke about the Sept. 4 immigration raid