Communities have been left in distress after dozens of plant workers were detained by ICE and Border Patrol agents during raids in upstate New York Thursday.

One of the raids, at a packaging plant in Cato, New York, was captured on video. Advocates and witnesses told Scripps News agents forced their way into the building using crowbars.

In video recorded of the incident, people exit the building and walk single file, making their way toward a van marked Border Patrol that was blocking the exit.

We're told workers were locked inside and not allowed to use their phones. We're also told that they were separated into two groups, one of citizens and permanent residents and the other of non-citizens.

Advocates and witnesses said citizens were told to leave but non-citizens despite having wor

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