More than 300 South Korean nationals detained during an immigration raid at a Georgia auto manufacturing plant last week will be released and returned home, South Korea’s government announced Sunday.

The deal follows negotiations between Seoul and Washington. South Korea’s foreign minister is expected to travel to the United States Monday to finalize the details.

The workers were among 475 people taken into custody Thursday during a raid at a Hyundai electric vehicle battery plant in southeast Georgia. More than 300 of them were South Korean citizens.

Officials have said the detained workers had a range of immigration issues. Some were in the U.S. illegally, while others entered legally but may have overstayed their visas or were on visas that did not permit them to work.

The raids dre

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