Immigration enforcement has prompted recent issues for a group on Lengthy Island after federal brokers had been noticed close to quite a lot of colleges initially of the 12 months.
Photographs have been circulating extensively on social media after Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers had been seen close to Brentwood Excessive Faculty, simply off of faculty property.
In accordance with Islip Ahead, a bunch which collects photos and displays ICE detention efforts on Lengthy Island, the brokers had been noticed on the primary day of faculty, Sept. 3.
“We know at this time that there was at least one parent that was detained and arrested after dropping off their 16-year-old child to school at Brentwood,” Ahman Perez, the founding father of Islip Ahead, mentioned Sunday.
“We’ve seen them throughout delis, groceries, laundromats, and this is the first time that we’ve ever seen them adjacent to a school.”
The next day, Islip Ahead was despatched one other picture of ICE brokers hanging out exterior Alverta B. Grey Schultz Center Faculty in Hempstead. The officers had been noticed round 7:30 a.m., proper across the time college was scheduled to start. Nobody seems to have been detained in that occasion.
Immigrant leaders say the psychological toll on youngsters is nice, with many apprehensive that undocumented youngsters may cease going to high school altogether.
“Kids are wondering, is that my parent next? Am I okay when I leave this building at the end of the day?” Perez mentioned.
The Brentwood superintendent despatched a letter to oldsters saying partly, “ICE has not been on school district property. At this time, we have not been able to confirm the reason for their presence in the surrounding area.”
A separate communication from the varsity district’s director of security confirmed these brokers did place somebody underneath arrest, although cameras didn’t present whether or not that particular person dropped somebody off in school.
The Nassau County Democrats launched an announcement that reads, “No child should walk into a classroom fearful that their family could be torn apart by masked Ice agents waiting nearby. That is not safety. It is cruelty.”
The Division of Homeland Safety didn’t return a request for remark.
