A Wantagh homecare agency is struggling to find health aides to care for patients. School attendance in Hempstead public schools plunges on ICE raid days because children of immigrant families stay away. A storied Glen Cove restaurant, one of the first on Long Island to serve Salvadoran cuisine, now does almost all its business in takeout because customers have stopped dining out. The immigration crackdown President Donald Trump promised on his first day in office has taken hold on Long Island. Federal immigration agents have arrested roughly 3,000 Long Islanders, but the crackdown’s effects are bigger than those numbers suggest. Immigrants make up close to a fifth of the region’s population, and as many of them retreat or are removed from public life, Long Island is changing. Newsday documents how it’s changing. Link in bio for the start of our new series on deportation on Long Island. - - #longislandny #immigration #trumpadministration #ice #immigrationlaw