Companies will hesitate to invest in us after the raid

President Lee Jay Meongy said that the South Korean companies will be “very hesitant” about investing in the United States after a huge migration raid at the Hyundai factory in Georgia last week.

More than 300 South Koreans who were arrested in the raid were now released from detention and are scheduled to return to their homes on Friday. After postponing their release more than a day.

He added to me that their departure was delayed due to instructions from the White House.

President Donald Trump ordered to stop verify whether workers were ready to stay in the United States to continue work and train Americans, according to a South Korea Foreign Ministry official.

“The situation is very confusing,” Lee, who was speaking at a press conference to celebrate the first rank of his presidency, said, while he pointed out that it is a common practices of Korean companies to send workers to help create factories abroad.

“If this is no longer permitted, creating manufacturing facilities in the United States will become more difficult … to make companies wonder whether it is worth doing at all.”

“Whether it means securing (higher) shares or creating new visa categories,” Li told Washington on the visa options for South Korea workers.

“I think the United States will address this if they see it as a practical necessity.”

BBC called the White House to comment.

Last week, US officials detained 475 people – more than 300 of them are South Korean citizens – who said illegally working in the battery facility, one of the largest foreign investment projects in Georgia.

Many of its employees who have been arrested have different types of visas or were under the visa waiver program.

A The factory worker spoke to the BBC About panic and confusion during the raid. The employee said that the vast majority of detained workers are mechanics who install production lines on the site, and they were working by the contractor.

South Korea, a close ally in Asia, has pledged to invest tens of billions of dollars in America, partly to compensate for definitions.

The media in the country described the raid as a “shock”, with the Dong-A ILBO warning that it could have “a chilling effect on our business activities in the United States.”

YonhaP news agency published an editorial on Thursday, urging the two countries to “cooperate to repair cracks in their alliance.”

The timing of the raid, as the two governments participated in sensitive trade talks, sparked anxiety in Seoul.

The White House defended the operation at the Hyundai factory, and rejected fears that the raid could deter foreign investment.

On Sunday, US President Donald Trump referred to the raid in a social media post and called on foreign companies to employ Americans.

Trump said that the United States government will make “possible and legal strength” to foreign companies to bring workers to the country if they respect immigration laws.