South Korean workers detained successful an migration raid past week successful the U.S. authorities of Georgia volition depart from the U.S. astir 1430 section clip connected Wednesday.
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South Korean workers detained in an migration raid past week successful the U.S. authorities of Georgia will depart from the U.S. astir 2:30 p.m. section clip on Wednesday, Yonhap news bureau said, citing an unidentified diplomatic source.
South Korea's overseas ministry did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio volition meet South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on Wednesday at the White House, the U.S. Department of State said.
South Korea had arranged for a chartered level to bring backmost astir 300 workers detained in the raid astatine the tract of the $4.3 cardinal Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution task to physique batteries for electrical cars.
Before leaving for Washington connected Monday, Cho said helium planned to enactment with the U.S. to forestall a repetition of akin incidents and was seeking assurances that Koreans who instrumentality location would beryllium allowed to re-enter the U.S..
In a social media post on Sunday, Trump said the U.S. would marque it "quickly and legally possible" for overseas companies to bring their unit into the state if they respected U.S. migration laws.
When asked astir the remark and what changes it mightiness awesome for the U.S. visa system, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt reiterated Trump's connection and noted that the U.S. authorities was moving connected the matter.
"The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Commerce are moving connected this substance together," she told a quality league connected Tuesday.
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