Cato, N.Y. - More than 40 adults were taken in a federal raid of a food manufacturing plant in Cato Thursday, including the parents of at least a dozen school-age children, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Hochul issued a statement Thursday night that she is outraged by the raid at the factory by federal agents, some masked, which she described as cruel.

The immigration raid started at about 9 a.m. at the Nutrition Bar Confectioners factory at 12351 Route 34, according to an employee. The family-owned business, founded in 1978, makes specialty nutrition bars.

Federal agents also conducted a raid in Fulton, Hochul said in her release on late Thursday. But today syracuse.com confirmed with Fulton Mayor James Rice that there was no raid in his community. He said he had incorrect informa

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