El gobierno surcoreano dijo el domingo que enviaría un avión chárter a Estados Unidos para llevar de regreso a cientos de trabajadores detenidos en una redada de inmigración.
The South Korean government said on Sunday that it would send a charter plane to the United States to retrieve hundreds of workers detained in an immigration raid.
Several hundred workers, most of them South Korean nationals, were detained at the construction site of a sprawling electric vehicle battery plant on Thursday.
Los agentes migratorios detuvieron a cientos de personas, en su mayoría ciudadanos de Corea del Sur, en una obra de construcción de una planta de baterías para vehículos eléctricos en Ellabell. El hecho ha generado inquietud diplomática.
The shocked but subdued reaction to the arrest of hundreds of Koreans at the site reflected the delicate position of a government engaged in tense trade talks with the Trump administration.
Executives of a South Korean battery maker were apprehended at a construction site in Georgia, the company said. The episode prompted diplomatic concern in Seoul.
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Hyundai already makes cars in the United States, in Georgia and Alabama.
The financing for a factory in Georgia is part of a last-minute effort to establish climate policies before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office.
The states have been major beneficiaries of the Biden administration’s key economic policies, such as spending on infrastructure, manufacturing and clean energy.
The money-losing electric vehicle company, which makes vans, trucks and S.U.V.s, is trying to preserve cash as it works to produce and sell more affordable vehicles.
A coalition of unions and civic groups is pushing one of the world’s largest automakers to protect and train workers in return for federal money under President Biden’s signature laws.
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The facility is the second battery project under development in the state by Hyundai Motor Group and may bring 3,000 jobs.
Hanwha Qcells expects to make solar panels and their components in the United States to take advantage of President Biden’s climate policies.
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The latest spending bill in Congress contains far less money to help developing countries than President Biden had pledged. That fits a pattern.
The governor hailed the factory as an economic boon that would put Georgia at the vanguard of the green economy. Not everyone liked the idea.
The electric vehicle maker’s stock surged after a public offering last fall but has since plunged, in part because the company failed to meet its 2021 goals.
The electric vehicle maker’s stock surged after a public offering last fall but has since plunged, in part because the company failed to meet its 2021 goals.
