Overview

• ICE and CBP, with Cayuga and Oswego county sheriff’s offices, executed the Sept. 4 operation at Nutrition Bar Confectioners in Cato.
• Detention figures vary, with the governor citing more than 40 people and advocates and the owners reporting around 70, and Governor Kathy Hochul denounced the raids and raised concerns about children.
• A Homeland Security representative said detainees were taken to the Oswego County Correctional Facility.
• ICE Homeland Security Investigations called the actions court-authorized and declined to provide details on the alleged crimes in the ongoing case.
• The factory resumed limited operations Friday as some detained workers were released and returned, while witnesses and advocates described aggressive entry tactics.