Lutnick says he told Hyundai to get 'right visa,' call him if it has problems: report

WASHINGTON — U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Thursday that he had told Hyundai Motor Group to get the "right visa" and call him if it has visa problems, as he commented on its workers who were arrested in last week's immigration raid at a Georgia battery plant construction site. He made the remarks in an Axios interview, as 316 Korean workers headed back home in the morning following their release from a detention center in Folkston, Georgia, a week after their arrest in the raid at the site run by a joint Hyundai-LG Energy Solution venture in Bryan County near Savannah. "I called up the Koreans, I said, oh, give me a break. Get the right visa and if you're having problems getting the right visa, call me. I'll call (Homeland Security Secretary) Kristi Noem," he said during his appearance on the "Axios Show." "We'll help you get the right visa, but don't do it the wrong way. You can't do things the old way. Donald Trump requires you to do it correctly," he added. The secretary said that the Korean workers detained in the raid came to the U.S. on tourist visas, emphasizing thWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times