US EditionRaid on upstate New York food manufacturer leads to dozens of detentions
Federal agents detained over 40 workers during a Department of Homeland Security investigation at a family-owned nutrition bar factory, disrupting production and affecting families, officials said.
- Federal law enforcement officers raided a snack bar manufacturer in upstate New York, detaining over 40 workers, as reported by the plant's owner who called it "terrifying."
- New York Governor Kathy Hochul expressed outrage, stating that many detained were parents of "at least a dozen children at risk of returning from school to an empty house."
- Hochul described the aggressive actions of federal agents as "cruel" in her statement regarding the raid.
- On the same day, 475 individuals, mostly South Korean nationals, were detained at a Hyundai manufacturing site in Georgia.
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Immigration raid at upstate New York food manufacturer leads to dozens of detentions
Federal immigration agents conducted a raid at a snack bar manufacturer in Cato, N.Y., taking away dozens of workers. The co-owner says all the workers are legal residents. Authorities decline to explain the justification for the action.
Federal agents raid Nutrition Bar factory, detain 69 workers
CATO, N.Y. (WSYR-TV)—When workers arrived at Nutrition Bar Confectioners during the morning of Sept. 4, and punched in for their shift, they didn't realize it could be their last. Minutes later, federal agents swarmed the factory on Route 34 in Cato, escorting dozens of employees outside to waiting vans. Federal agents arrest dozens in Cato factory ICE raid Co-owner Lenny Schmidt said the operation was overwhelming and unlike anything he h…
Dozens Detained in US Immigration Operations in Upstate New York
WASHINGTON—New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said she was outraged as dozens of illegal immigrants were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers across her state on Sept. 4. The governor’s statement referred to ICE operations in the townships of Cato and Fulton, small communities northwest of Syracuse. Multiple local sources indicated that one of the arrests took place at a factory run by Nutrition Bar Confectioners, a lo…
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