President Lee Jae Myung made the comments as hundreds of South Korean workers swept in an immigration raid were expected to fly home on Thursday.

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It is unclear when the South Korean detainees will be repatriated. They were previously scheduled to depart the United States on Wednesday.

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An appeals panel paused a federal judge’s ruling that no additional detainees could be sent to the center, and that much of it had to be dismantled within 60 days.

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