ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - On Thursday morning, buses carrying more than 300 South Korean nationals arrived at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport with a police escort.

They boarded Korean Air flight 9036 to fly home after being detained during an ICE raid in southeast Georgia.

The raid happened at a Hyundai plant last week in Ellabell that makes electric vehicles. Federal agents say they detained 475 people there who had either entered the country illegally or had an expired work visa.

Immigration attorney Charles Kuck, who represents some of the workers, told Atlanta News First that many of them were installers and engineers who would’ve been gone anyway in the coming months.

“Much like we make products that aren’t made in other parts of the world, and we send A

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