Overview

• The U.S. Attorney’s Office scheduled a Tuesday news conference in Albany, with Acting U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone expected to speak.
• Authorities characterize the Sept. 4 operation at Nutrition Bar Confectioners in Cato as a worksite enforcement action.
• Roughly 70 workers were detained by ICE and other agencies, and local reporting says as many as a dozen were deported within 72 hours.
• The plant’s owners say their hiring complies with federal law and contend some detained employees could not retrieve documentation before being taken.
• Cayuga and Oswego county sheriff’s offices assisted in what they called a DHS criminal investigation into felony-level crimes, and no charges had been filed against the owners as of Monday.