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To: Ron who wrote (48690)	9/8/2025 11:02:22 AM
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South Koreans feel betrayed over detainment of hundreds of workers at plant raid in Georgia - ABC News snippit But South Korean officials and experts have expressed frustration over what they call the United States’ strict limits on H-1B or H-2B visas for high-skilled foreign workers to protect its domestic workforce, and its inaction on Seoul’s calls to expand work visas for skilled South Korean nationals. As a result, South Korean companies have been relying on short-term visitor visas or the Electronic System for Travel Authorization to send workers needed to launch manufacturing facilities or handle other setup tasks. “The incident will inevitably exacerbate shortages of skilled workers with legal work authorization and create pressure for increases in labor costs, potentially disrupting operations and rising costs across major business projects in the United States,” South Korea’s Eugene Investment and Securities said in a report Monday. Daishin Securities in a report said the Georgia raid could delay operations at the targeted battery plant, which was slated to begin production early next year, potentially affecting Hyundai’s EV business in America. During Monday's legislative hearing, Cho, the foreign minister, told lawmakers that the U.S. had “not responded adequately” to South Korea's requests to expand visas for its workers, and that Seoul plans to use the Georgia raid as an opportunity to move related negotiations forward. Cho said that some of the people detained in Georgia may need to return to the site to complete work at the factory, and that South Korean officials are negotiating with American authorities to ensure that those detained can reenter the United States. “I will clearly point out to them that a delay in (the factory’s) completion would also cause significant losses for the United States,” Cho said.