Vermont officials respond after 8 workers detained at Franklin County dairy farm [Video]

A recent immigration enforcement action at a dairy farm in northern Vermont has led to the detention of eight migrant farmworkers, drawing a complex array of emotions throughout the state.On Monday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection detained eight workers at Pleasant Valley Farms in Berkshire, a family-run dairy farm owned by the family of Olympic athlete Elle St. Pierre. The detained individuals were reportedly transported to a detention facility in Swanton.A spokesperson from Customs and Border Protection said agents were responding to a report from a citizen who allegedly saw two people carrying backpacks and exiting a wooded area before crossing a cornfield into private farmland less than three miles from the U.S.-Canada border.Agents were able to arrest one of the individuals at the scene and pursued the second. While searching the area, agents located and arrested several other people that were determined to be in the country illegally.Local community …