Hyundai Motor advises employees to postpone US trips following immigration raid

U.S. police officers arrest Korean workers at the construction site of HL-GA Battery's electric vehicle battery plant in Georgia, Thursday (local time), after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided the joint venture between Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution. Captured from ICE's website

Hyundai Motor Group has advised employees to postpone travelling to the United States for business trips after hundreds of South Koreans were taken into custody following an immigration raid in Georgia, industry sources said Sunday.

In a notification to employees who were set to make business trips to the U.S. next week, the company advised them to review such plans, with the exception of urgent and essential visits, according to the sources.

The advisory was apparently seen as part of efforts to prepare for potential situations that could arise following the recent raid, although no Hyundai Motor employees have been detained.

More than 300 South Korean nationals out of 457 people have been taken into custody during the raid on the site operated by Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution Ltd. The presidential office has announced that negotiations for the release of the South Korean workers have concluded.