CATO, N.Y. (WSYR-TV)—When workers arrived at Nutrition Bar Confectioners during the morning of Sept. 4, and punched in for their shift, they didn't realize it could be their last. Minutes later, federal agents swarmed the factory on Route 34 in Cato, escorting dozens of employees outside to waiting vans.

Co-owner Lenny Schmidt said the operation was overwhelming and unlike anything he had ever seen before, referring to it as a movie. He also added that it was something you would expect in another country, bizarre, insane, and over the top. By the end of the raid, 69 workers were taken away.

Schmidt says many of his employees, all legal, had their paperwork to prove they were authorized to work, but left it in their cars. He told NewsChannel 9 they were never allowed to retrieve it, and w

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