Overview
- A Korean Air charter carrying more than 310 returnees departed Atlanta after their release and landed at Incheon on Friday.
- ICE detained about 475 workers at the Ellabell construction site last week, including over 300 South Koreans.
- President Trump defended the operation and offered detainees the option to remain to train U.S. workers, an offer accepted by only one person.
- Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution postponed the startup of their $4.3 billion battery factory following the arrests.
- South Korean officials say Washington agreed to create a working group on visas as attorneys argue many detainees had ESTA or B‑1 authorization letters.