Prosecutor in New York Warns of More Raids After 57 Detained Making Snack Bars
Federal authorities detained 57 undocumented workers at a snack bar plant; five face criminal charges for illegal re-entry, with deportation proceedings ongoing, officials said.
- Last week, federal agents detained fifty-seven people at the Nutrition Bar Confectioners plant in rural Cato, Cayuga County, New York, in one of the largest recent worksite enforcement actions, Acting U.S. Attorney John Sarcone III said Tuesday.
- Officials say the action follows a shift toward increased enforcement, with Sarcone warning employers they risk criminal investigation if they hire unauthorized workers, as he wrote `Across Upstate and Central New York, there are hard-working Americans in need of well-paying jobs, especially in Cayuga County where unemployment is relatively high`.
- The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York said five defendants, including those named, face up to two years in prison, while 52 detainees are held for deportation.
- Factory owners of the Nutrition Bar Confectioners plant said their employees had legal documentation and were unaware of the raids, while the Rural and Migrant Ministry advocacy group noted many detainees were from Guatemala.
- Sarcone framed enforcement as a broader shift, saying 'The bad old days of turning a blind eye are over,' amid ongoing investigations and recent large-scale raids.
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Federal Authorities defend NY immigration raid
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)---At the U.S. Northern District of New York Courthouse in Albany, the acting U.S. Attorney spoke to reporters about an immigration raid at a food processing plant in Central New York. According to Acting U.S. Attorney, John Sarcone, of the 57 people detained in Cayuga County, five have been criminally charged. "Among those detained, five have been criminally charged for illegally re-entering the United States after prior r…
57 illegal immigrants detained in major New York worksite raid; 5 accused of reentry after deportation
Federal raid in Cayuga County, New York, resulted in the arrests of 57 illegal immigrant workers, with five facing criminal charges for illegally reentering the U.S.
Hochul denounces ICE raid as ‘cruel,’ despite child endangerment among charges | Fox Wilmington WSFX-TV
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! ICE agents arrested 57 illegal immigrants at a New York candy factory — including some accused of child endangerment, DUI and repeated illegal re-entries — in a raid that New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul blasted as “cruel.” A Homeland Security spokesperson told Fox News Digital that an ICE workplace enforcement operation at Nutrition Bar Confectioners in Cato, New York, resulted in the arrests of …
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