US deputy nat'l security adviser notes its visa system lacking support for Korean investments in America

A senior White House official said that the current U.S. visa system does not adequately support Korean businesses investing in the country, calling for both sides to actively engage in talks to improve the system. Andrew Baker, U.S. deputy national security adviser, made the remarks during a meeting with Foreign Minister Cho Hyun in Washington on Wednesday (local time), following the major immigration raid that led to the arrests and detention of more than 300 Koreans at an electric car battery plant construction site in Georgia last Thursday. The detainees were released early Thursday and set to return home aboard a chartered flight later that day, as Seoul sought to secure their early release and departure through pressing negotiations with Washington. Cho flew to Washington earlier this week to address the situation. Baker said "the current visa system does not adequately prop up the increasing Korean investments under the Trump administration," the foreign ministry in Seoul said in a press release. "He assessed that the detention provides a meaningful chance to resolve the issue, calWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times