Immigration

After masked federal agents were active around Riverhead Friday, residents gathered for an “ICE Out” vigil, protest and march downtown this weekend.

A candlelight vigil Friday at Town Hall and a Route 58 protest Saturday outside Staples Plaza will highlight calls for ICE accountability.

ICE arrests and tactics across the East End have fueled fear among immigrant families — and sparked a growing resolve to organize.

The Trump administration announced Tuesday it will enforce a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act that requires all undocumented immigrants age 14 and older to register and be fingerprinted. Undocumented children younger than 14 must be registered by parents/guardians.

We commend the positions of the Riverhead school district and Riverhead Police Department, articulating that they will not assist federal agencies in immigration enforcement actions.

Immigration enforcement and related issues, are “purely federal functions and are administered by federal agencies," and the Riverhead Police Department will continue its existing policy that police will not get involved in immigration enforcement, Supervisor Tim Hubbard said in a statement Friday afternoon.

The Riverhead School District will strictly adhere to N.Y. State guidance that “immigration enforcement actions cannot occur on school grounds without proper legal documentation."

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County Executive Ed Romaine said the county could be liable for $60 million in damages to 650 people, held by the sheriff at the request of ICE from 2014 to 2018. Romaine called the decision "nothing short of ridiculous."

New York City has discontinued the actions it filed against the Town of Riverhead and the County of Suffolk and most of the other counties it sued in June, seeking to invalidate their emergency orders banning the relocation of migrants and asylum-seekers to their jurisdictions.