from another source

Some of the detainees had entered the country unlawfully, while others arrived on temporary visas or through a waiver program that does not allow employment, according to Steven Schrank, the lead Georgia agent of Homeland Security Investigations.

Attorney Charles Kuck, who represents two detained workers, told AP his clients arrived under the visa waiver program and were in the country legally for tourism or business. He said one had been in the U.S. for only two weeks and the other for 45 days, both planning to return home soon.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesperson Lindsay Williams told AP that some individuals were detained due to prior criminal records and added, "Once citizens have identified themselves, we have no authority" to detain them. Hyundai stated Friday that it believed none of its direct employees were among those detained and said it was reviewing its practices to ensure legal compliance by contractors and subcontractors.

South Korea Issues Update on Georgia Hyundai Plant ICE Raid

Seoul has reached a deal to bring home its citizens detained in Thursday's immigration raid on a factory, the government said.

^{Daniel Orton (Newsweek)}

I know this isn't a real source but I know someone who works at this plant and he said most were here on 3 month visit visas.

Essentially they'd be paid back in SK for their 3 months of work and would cycle in and out in rotations.

Out of all the insane raids ICE has conducted, this one is actually quite a big find since it's Hyandai essentially bypassing visa requirements for cheap labor.

Most likely ICE isn't sure whether to charge the immigrant workers or fine Hyandai since Hyandai is the one that offered them jobs and told them the process of working under a visit visa.

I think they will likely get deported without any criminal charges or individual fines, but will obviously get blacklisted from any future entrance into the US.

I have yet to see anyone day if these SK workers were even here under false visas or something?

Umm... Trump regime already removed their hoods off about supposedly removing illegal immigrants. It is pogrom towards any foreigners.

Yes.

Yeah, honestly, Trumpian fascism will only make China look good in the eyes of many. Recent surveys in Europe already showed more favourable view towards China than US as Trump regime unravels. South Korea and Europe might invest on China instead.

I have already said it months ago that China will use the Trump shenanigans as PR coup. Beijing is already offering itself as the more reliable free trade partner than the US.

I would be a little bit surprised if the people in charge of high-level trade are that simple-minded.

China was already a great reliable trade partner. They have other issues as does any nation, but attractiveness for trade wasn't really one of them, they were already pretty bangin' in that regard, and the US losing its status as a good investment doesn't suddenly mean that Chinese markets will become always a safe investment by default. I feel like these narratives like "trade relations = loyalty and friendship, there can be only one favorite nation-crush" are sort of for public consumption.

I would be a little bit surprised if the people in charge of high-level trade are that simple-minded.

Their changing in business patterns shows it's the very opposite of them being simple-minded:

I business terms, the biggest negative that the Trump Administration added to Trading in and with the US and US-based Suppliers and Customers is uncertainty - you never know when they're going to do something that fucks up your business: in other words, Trump made the Risk around doing business in America or with US-based companies and customers far higher.

Risk is one of the biggest considerations in evaluating business plans and the more competent and professional a company's management is the more likely they'll do thorough evaluations of any business prospects, something which always includes risk considerations. In fact an entire Industry exists dedicated to manage such risks: the Finance Industry.

Only shitty shit little companies rely of the "gut feelings" of the business owner to evaluate business opportunities.

So yeah, in business plan models all over the World, anything which directly or indirectly can be influenced by the actions of the American Administration just got a big chunk of Risk added, whilst no such thing was added to such plans involving other countries, hence doing business with America is now less appealing that doing business with other countries, in a very direct way.

My expectation is that for most countries even the Tariffs themselves (which for most aren't all that scary) haven't as much impact in making America less attractive for business than the sheer unpredictability of the US Administration.