Body-camera footage reveals details of immigration raid at New York snack factory
Body-camera video from a September 2025 raid at the Nutrition Bar Confectioners plant in Cato, New York shows federal agents making 57 arrests and searching the facility.
In September 2025, federal immigration agents carried out a workplace raid at the Nutrition Bar Confectioners facility in Cato, New York, a town of roughly 2,500 east of Syracuse. Body-camera recordings show officers debating whether to force entry, then opening the front door and securing all exits while searching offices, storage rooms and locked areas. Over the course of several hours, about 60 workers were detained, grouped by citizenship status, and 57 arrests were made, with only five facing criminal charges.
The video captures tense moments, including officers breaking into a locked bathroom and confronting a woman on a toilet. Employees, some pregnant or parents, were asked for immigration documents; U.S. citizens were required to provide phone numbers and addresses before being allowed to leave. The footage is part of a lawsuit alleging that authorities exceeded the scope of their search warrants and violated constitutional rights.
Why it matters
The video provides rare public insight into how immigration raids are conducted inside workplaces and raises legal questions about search-warrant limits.
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