CATO, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) -- A large law enforcement presence was seen at a factory in the Town of Cato in Cayuga County, on September 4, just before 9 a.m.

The Cayuga County Sheriff's Office said they were assisting Homeland Security with a criminal investigation at the Nutrition Bar Confectioners manufacturing plant.

The Rural & Migrant Ministry, Inc. said in a Facebook post that dozens of workers were questioned, and nearly all 70 were arrested during the operation.

They also provided images showing members of the Sheriff's Office and what appear to be federal agents on site.

Owner and Vice President of the family-owned company, Lenny Schmidt said he wasn't there when the raid began, but once he arrived, he saw agents escorting workers into their vehicles.

"It was scary, to say the leas

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