Customs and Border Protection agents detain 8 workers at Vermont dairy farm [Video]

Eight farmworkers were detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents on Monday in Franklin County, Vermont, according to a spokesperson from the organization Migrant Justice.According to Migrant Justice, the arrests happened Monday afternoon. NBC5 learned that the workers who were arrested were employees at Pleasant Valley Farms in Berkshire, according to Amanda St. Pierre. The farm is owned by the family of Olympic runner Elle St. Pierre.The eight farmworkers who were arrested ranged in age from 22 to 41 years old.A spokesperson from Customs and Border Protection said agents in Richford responded 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 …