President Donald Trump has offered the 300 South Koreans who were rounded up and detained during an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in Georgia the opportunity to stay in the U.S.

"Each person was allowed to choose, and the U.S. government said essentially, ‘If you want to go, you may go; if you want to stay, you may stay,’" South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said at a news conference Thursday, adding that one person had chosen to stay.

The offer marks a turnaround from the raid last week, when Trump urged foreign companies to "please respect our nation’s immigration laws" and "hire and train American workers." Ticker Security Last Change Change % HYMLF HYUNDAI MOTOR CO. LTD. 89 -31.00 -25.83%

Trump’s overture was intended to allow South Koreans with unlawful immig

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