More than 300 South Korean workers were released from U.S. custody and are expected to arrive back in their home country on Friday, according to South Korea’s foreign ministry. The Trump administration released 330 detainees — including 316 Koreans,

B-1 visa holders can also enter the United States "to install, service, or repair commercial or industrial equipment or machinery purchased from a company outside the United States or to train U.S. workers to perform such services," according to a State Department manual about B visas.

An old photo of rows of prisoners in El Salvador has resurfaced in Korean-language posts falsely claiming it shows South Korean workers who were detained in an immigration raid at a Hyundai-LG battery plant being built in the southern US state of Georgia.

The ICE raid that swept up 300 South Koreans in Georgia has strained an important bilateral relationship, and highlighted a significant challenge.

ICE’s aggressive enforcement has caused a serious diplomatic row with a vital economic and security ally with no demonstrated benefit, undermining Trump’s own goal of increasing foreign investment in the U.S. ICE claims the raid was to protect American jobs — instead, they jeopardized them.

Nearly 500 workers, most of them South Korean nationals, were arrested on Sept. 4 at a Hyundai electric vehicle plant in Georgia. An attorney for some of the detainees now claims that many of them were working in the U.

Atlanta-based attorney Charles Kuck said that the Korean detainees were in the country on “After-Sales Service and Installation Visas”.

UAW condemns Hyundai for poor worker safety record following immigration raid at Georgia electric car battery factory that detained 475 people.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun met with the leaders of businesses with U.S. investments, including LG and Hyundai Motor Group, where they urged him to resolve visa issues that hinder progress and lead to confusion.