Hyundai ICE raid | South Korea charters plane for 300 workers detained | US immigration crackdown

South Korea has wrapped up talks with the United States for the release of detained Korean workers in Georgia, a presidential official said on Sunday (September 7). A plane will be on its way to bring back the Koreans once administrative procedures are completed, Kang Hun-sik, Presidential Chief of Staff, said during a meeting with the presidential office members and ruling party members. U.S. federal agents carried out a raid at a Hyundai Motor manufacturing facility in Georgia this week in the largest single-site enforcement operation in the history of the Department of Homeland Security's investigative operations. The majority of the hundreds detained were Korean nationals. Kang added the government will seek ways to improve the visa system of Korean workers travelling to the U.S. to “prevent a similar incident”.