FM Cho making arrangements to visit US this week after immigration raid in Georgia

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun has been making arrangements with the United States for a possible visit to the U.S. this week as part of efforts to respond to the arrests of hundreds of Koreans by U.S. immigration authorities at a battery plant site in Georgia, a source said Sunday. More than 300 Korean nationals out of 457 people have been taken into custody during a U.S. immigration raid Thursday on the site operated by Korean companies Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution in Bryan County. If the trip is realized, Cho is expected to meet U.S. officials to request their cooperation for the swift release of detained Koreans, while calling for their rights to not be unfairly violated, according to the diplomatic source. During a government response meeting to the U.S. immigration arrests on Saturday, Cho said he would visit Washington if necessary for talks with U.S. officials. Consular officials started meeting Korean nationals detained at an immigration detention center in Folkston on Saturday, checking their health and other conditions, according to Seoul officials. The on-site team isWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times