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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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José Olivares

Leaked Ice document shows worker detained in Hyundai raid had valid visa

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Hyundai Metaplant electric vehicle manufacturing facility in Ellabell, Georgia. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

At least one of the Korean workers swept up in a huge immigration raid on a Hyundai Motor factory site in Georgia last week was living and working legally in the US, according to an internal federal government document obtained by the Guardian.

Officials then “mandated” that he agree to be removed from the US despite not having violated his visa.

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