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Ella Engel-Snow speaks out against ICE, Photo: Lisa Tamburini Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents’ recent arrest of about a dozen immigrants on the South Fork sparked renewed protests of President Donald Trump’s continuing aggressive national migrant deportation effort. Critics rallied at Southampton Town Hall at the town board’s latest meeting on Nov. 12 in the days after ICE agents made arrests in Hampton Bays and Westhampton, where the agency using a local fi

The protest is the third in as many weeks to protest ICE on the East End. A previous East End protest. (Courtesy Anita Boyer) EAST HAMPTON, NY — Protestors outraged over ICE raids on the East End will gather again Friday to speak out, this time in East Hampton. According to organizer Anita Boyer, the event will take place at the Hook Mill, at the corner of North Main Street and Pantigo Road, from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.   The goal, she said, is to "stand up for our neighbors and

Protests over the detention of at least a dozen people by federal immigration agents in Hampton Bays and Westhampton earlier this month continued to ripple across the South Fork this week. Dozens of angry residents bombarded the Southampton Town Board last Wednesday, November 12, with demands that local officials take steps to express opposition to federal immigration operations here. About 55 protesters demonstrated in Westhampton on Friday morning and another protest is pla

ICE has been enacting sudden raids throughout the East End of Long Island, causing widespread alarm and confusion, especially within the Latino community. Many families have stopped sending children to school, avoid medical appointments, and other basic parts of life for fear of being detained. Minerva Perez is Executive Director of OLA of Eastern Long Island , a Latino advocacy organization. She joined the panel to give detail and context around these instances as well as he

While the ICE sweep last week that ensnared a dozen immigrants has sparked outrage and protests from some, those who are dedicated to helping members of the immigrant community have been beset with a new mountain of demands. For OLA of Eastern Long Island, the region’s most prominent Latino advocacy and support organization, the aftermath of last week’s sweeps has left the organization scrambling to get help to those detained and their families and address renewed anxieties a

On Wednesday, November 5, ICE agents swept into Hampton Bays and Westhampton, setting upon immigrant laborer gathering spots and businesses that employ or are frequented by immigrants. The officers made several arrests as part of the largest local federal immigration sweep since the start of the second Donald Trump administration.
 In this week's episode, the editors talk about the operation with senior reporter Michael Wright, New York State Assemblyman Tommy John Schiavoni

Immigrant advocates say a man was pinned under the tire of a car during his arrest by ICE agents. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports. Credit: Newsday Studios; Osman Canales U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents hit the East End this week in a series of raids that immigrant advocates said were creating havoc and fear in the community amid a nationwide crackdown. On Wednesday in Westhampton, Edgar Tezen, 35, an immigrant from Guatemala, was partially pinned under the tire

Residents and local officials have issued sweeping condemnations of federal immigration policy this week in the wake of a November 5 sweep by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that resulted in the arrest of 12 people whom the federal agency claims were in the United States illegally. Dozens of protesters lined Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays on Friday morning, November 7, decrying the arrests, carrying signs saying things like “Community Not Cruelty” and “Stop ICE,”

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OLA staff members are celebrating 20 years of working for a more equitable East End for Latino immigrants. Here they are pictured at the...

By Christopher Walsh Upbeat report on police-community relations, but 'room for improvement' "We need a more diverse police force,"...

By Michael Wright A town committee that has been exploring how the East Hampton Police Department is viewed by the community, and how the...