On Tuesday, as thousands across the state made their morning commutes, more than two dozen workers on their way to a construction site at Mount Nittany Hospital in Centre County, never showed up at the job.

Instead, they were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, who, in collaboration with state police, pulled over and detained at least 26 men in two separate stops — one on Interstate 99 in Bellefonte and another on Route 220 near the Milesburg exit, according to the Centre County Rapid Response Network, which tracks ICE activity.

Video of the arrests shows officers in ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations uniforms detaining the men alongside the highway.

At a news conference Thursday, John, a coworker of those arrested who did not provide his last name, said he picke

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