Immigration

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) affirmed support of the administration's zero-tolerance policy and detaining families together, holding children longer than the current 20-day limit under a federal court order. Zeldin said he would support legislation to allow for longer detention of children with their families.

President Donald Trump is coming to Long Island to discuss efforts to battle MS-13. Representatives Lee Zeldin and Peter King are flying with the president aboard Air Force One to attend the event in Bethpage.

Members of the L.I. Farm Bureau told Rep. Lee Zeldin their need for immigration reform is urgent: they are facing a severe labor shortage that’s jeopardizing their ability to expand — and even their ability to survive.

The North Fork Latino community is reeling following a series of arrests by ICE agents during the last two weeks, prompting an outcry from local residents over what immigrant advocates and residents call a “very fearful time.”

Elmer Erazo, 32, of Flanders, was one of 21 Suffolk County residents — at least eight on the East End — detained by ICE during a six-day sweep. A native of Guatemala, the father of two young daughters, has lived in the U.S. since he was 17.

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) has proposed sweeping reforms to federal Immigration and Nationality Law that would allow the government to revoke the citizenship of naturalized U.S. citizens within 10 years after naturalization for a broad range of alleged offenses.

Recently elected Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. (D-Lake Grove) said today he will not change the county's policy of honoring Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer requests established by his predecessor.

“Time is like an enemy now. Each day that gets closer to 2019, all I can think is what is going to happen to me and thousands of others?” As the nation debates the fate of DACA, local Dreamers fear the loss of a policy that has allowed them to legally live, work and go to college in the only country they've ever known.

Thousands of Long Island residents from El Salvador who have been living legally for decades in the U.S. may face deportation after the loss of temporary protected status announced yesterday by the secretary of homeland security.

“There are thousands of people that are waiting to be full members of society and give back and help this country grow. Right now, there isn’t a legislative solution, and we need that.” Local residents traveled to Washington D.C. last week to rally Congress to pass a "clean DREAM Act" and keep the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for thousands of immigrants.