Masked agent wearing a vest marked "POLICE ERO" during an action on Route 58 in Riverhead Tuesday, Dec. 29. RiverheadLOCAL/Courtesy photo Local residents at Tuesday’s Town Board meeting continued to push for Riverhead to act on legislation proposed by the East End Latino advocacy group OLA to protect public safety during federal immigration enforcement activity. Several speakers took the podium to urge local officials to adopt or at least publicly consider the proposed local law that OLA...

Masked federal agents detain a man on East Main Street in Riverhead Monday, Dec. 29, in one of several federal enforcement operations around town that resulted in at least three arrests, according to witnesses. RiverheadLOCAL/courtesy photo Key Points OLA urged Riverhead to consider a local law on public safety, transparency and accountability during ICE activity OLA urged Riverhead to consider a local law on public safety, transparency and accountability during ICE activity Supervisor Jerry...

Patti Schaefer Fahey of Westhampton Beach addresses the Southampton Town Board about ICE activities in Southampton last week. RiverheadLOCAL/Juliana Holguín. A crowd filled the Southampton Town Hall meeting room Wednesday afternoon as residents, clergy and immigrant advocates called on the Town Board to take a stand against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Hampton Bays and Westhampton Beach last week. “Families are being snatched from their homes and workplaces without...