South Korean workers detained in immigration raid leave Atlanta and head home

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A Korean Air charter plane carrying Korean workers detained in immigration raid at Georgia factory leaves Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta bound for South Korea on Thursday. Hundreds of South Koreans arrested in a U.S. immigration raid are being sent home U.S. immigration authorities are preparing to send more than 300 South Korean workers home on a chartered flight from Atlanta, a week after detaining them for allegedly working illegally. Ultimately, one South Korean national who has relatives in the U.S. chose to stay, Lee said. A plane takes off with Korean workers that were detained at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Thursday. The detention of South Korean nationals also made the raid unusual as they are not often caught up in immigration enforcement actions.