Korea expresses ‘concern and regret’ over detention of workers at plant

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Federal law enforcement authorities are defending the detention Thursday of 475 workers at Hyundai’s electric vehicle battery plant west of Savannah — most Korean nationals — amid complaints from the South Korean government and Democrats.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security executed a search warrant on a construction site as part of a monthslong investigation into allegations of unlawful emplo…