CEO Jose Muñoz said the delay estimate is based on foreign workers coming back to help.

More than 300 South Koreans were rounded up in the Sept. 4 raid at the battery factory under construction at Hyundai’s sprawling auto plant in Georgia.

The South Korean companies' metaplant in Georgia was the target of a vast federal immigration raid on September 4, during which 475 people were detained.

The exit of 300 Korean workers detained in Georgia has been delayed due to "a cause from the U.S. side," according to the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

More than 300 South Koreans who were arrested in the raid are due to return home on Friday.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said Thursday that last week's "perplexing" immigration raid at a Hyundai electric battery plant in Georgia could prevent future U.S.…

South Korea's president called for improvements to the visa system, saying companies will likely hesitate to invest in the U.S. until that happens.

The plane carrying workers detained in an immigration raid of a Georgia Hyundai-LG plant last week left the U.S., bound for South Korea.

The Korean car maker says many of the arrested workers now want to get back home

It comes as the country's president and Hyundai's chief executive have warned about the impact of the raid.

SEOUL: Hundreds of South Korean workers were headed back to Seoul on Friday after their detention in a US immigration raid that Hyundai warned will delay completion of its battery…

In the wake of the Georgia operation, both sides have agreed to discuss establishing a new visa category for South Koreans.

They were among the 475 people detained during the Sept. 4 immigration raid at a battery factory under construction on the campus of Hyundai’s auto plant.

Three people have died in two years at the South Korean Hyundai-LG battery plant in Ellabell

CEO Jose Muñoz said the delay estimate is based on foreign workers coming back to help.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called the raid "bewildering" and warned Thursday that the raid could discourage future investment.