As the Trump administration continues what it has promised to be the largest deportation campaign in U.S. history, educators on Long Island said they have sought to reassure students and parents that schools remain a safe place.
Since June, there have been about 150 sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Nassau and Suffolk, according to Islip Forward, which tracks such occurrences. Last month, ICE agents were spotted carrying out enforcement activities near schools in Brentwood and Hempstead.
The heightened enforcement has caused some students, who may have undocumented family members or lack legal status themselves, to question if they should attend classes, educators said.
Read more about ICE’s impact on Long Island students at the link in our bio.
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