ATLANTA - More than 300 South Korean nationals detained during a federal raid at the Hyundai electric vehicle plant in southeast Georgia are expected to be flown home Thursday.

What we know:

Overnight, the workers were released from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in south Georgia near the Florida line. They were bused to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, where a South Korean government-chartered plane awaited them.

The arrests were made last week at the under-construction Hyundai battery plant west of Savannah. Federal officials said the workers either entered the country illegally, overstayed visas or came on visa waivers that do not permit employment.

What's next:

South Korean officials said the flight was delayed Wednesday because of unspecified issues on

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