US lawyer helps South Korean workers explore suit over arrests

Immigration raid on Georgia battery plant casts pall over investment from Seoul

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Workers who had been detained in the U.S. arrive in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 12. (Photo by Kim Jaewon)

KIM JAEWON

SEOUL -- Lee Jeong-hwa, a veteran attorney based in Atlanta, has been fielding anxious calls from friends and colleagues in South Korea after 300 workers from the country were arrested by U.S. immigration authorities at a Georgia battery plant early this month.

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