Ever since a massive immigration raid on a Hyundai manufacturing site swept up nearly 500 workers in southeast Georgia, Rosie Harrison said her organization’s phones have been ringing nonstop with panicked families in need of help. “We have individuals returning calls every day, but the list doesn’t end,” Harrison said. She runs an apolitical non-profit called Grow Initiative that connects …
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South Korea outraged at 300 workers treated as ‘prisoners of war’ in US raid | Global development
More than 300 South Korean workers arrived at Incheon international airport on Friday afternoon, ending a week-long ordeal that began with the US Department of Homeland Security’s largest ever single-site raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, and has left South Korea questioning whether it can trust its closest ally. The 316 Koreans, along with 14 workers of other …
Read More »South Korean workers return home after days of detention in Georgia following immigration raid
INCHEON, South Korea (AP) — More than 300 South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid in the United States last week were brought back home on a charter plane and reunited with their loved ones on Friday. They were among the 475 people detained during the Sept. 4 immigration raid at a battery factory under construction on the campus …
Read More »Georgia ICE Raid Netted Workers With Short-Term Business Visas – The New York Times
Georgia ICE Raid Netted Workers With Short-Term Business Visas The New York Times South Koreans Fly Home After Hyundai Raid, Without Being Handcuffed The Wall Street Journal South Korea says to provide clear visa guidelines for its companies operating in US Reuters South Korea’s president says Georgia ICE raid could have ‘considerable impact’ on direct US investment from his country CNN South Koreans detained …
Read More »ICE raid will delay Hyundai's construction plans in Georgia, CEO says – Axios
ICE raid will delay Hyundai’s construction plans in Georgia, CEO says Axios South Korean workers detained by ICE return home after saga that has rattled close US friendship CNN South Koreans detained in U.S. immigration raid arrive back home without shackles NBC News South Koreans Fly Home After Hyundai Raid, Without Being Handcuffed The Wall Street Journal Trump offered to let S. Korean detainees …
Read More »Costa Rican authorities raid hotel where ex-Yankee Brett Gardner’s son died
Costa Rican authorities raided the hotel where the son of ex-Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner died, nearly six months after the tragedy. Thursday marked the first formal search of the Arenas Del Mar Beachfront & Rainforest Resort in Manuel Antonio since the week of 14-year-old Miller Gardner’s March 21 death — determined to be by carbon inhalation — per ESPN. “Let …
Read More »Costa Rican authorities raid hotel in Gardner investigation
Sep 11, 2025, 06:54 PM ET Nearly six months after the death of Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old son of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, authorities in Costa Rica on Thursday raided the hotel in which the boy was found dead, and a prosecutor suggested the investigation could result in a manslaughter case. In his first media interview about …
Read More »South Korean Hyundai workers detained in raid leave Atlanta on flight home : NPR
A Korean Air charter plane carrying Korean workers detained in immigration raid at Georgia factory leaves Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta bound for South Korea on Thursday. George Walker IV/AP hide caption toggle caption George Walker IV/AP ATLANTA — A plane carrying more than 300 workers from South Korea who were detained during an immigration raid at a battery factory …
Read More »Hyundai, LG workers caught up in immigration raid fly home to South Korea
Detainees board a bus during a raid by federal agents in which about 300 South Koreans were among 475 people arrested at the site of a $4.3 billion project by Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution to build batteries for electric cars in Ellabell, Georgia, on Sept. 4, 2025. U.s. Immigration And Customs Enf | Via Reuters A plane carrying …
Read More »Bad Bunny says he decided not to tour in U.S. due to ICE raid concerns
Bad Bunny loves his American fans, and he’s showing it by not planning any future shows in the U.S. The musician, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, confirmed fan suspicions that his upcoming Debi Tirar Mas Fotos World Tour doesn’t include any U.S. dates out of concern over increasingly hostile and widespread immigration raids by the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration …
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