SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Two months after 300 South Korean nationals were detained and left the U.S. following an immigration raid at Hyundai's electric vehicle manufacturing site in Georgia, some of those workers have returned to the U.S. to resume those jobs, their employer said Thursday.

The September raid shut down work on a battery plant under construction at the sprawling site near Savannah where Hyundai Motor Group began producing electric vehicles last year. Most of the 475 workers detained were South Korean nationals. U.S. immigration officials said they entered the U.S. with visas that had expired or with visa waivers that prohibited them from working.

The battery plant's operator, HL-GA Battery Co., said in a statement Thursday that construction has resumed with a mix of new and retur

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