Our local firefighters are heroes—volunteers, 70 percent of whom are Latino—who run toward danger so the rest of us can run to safety. Their stations should be sanctuaries of trust, not launchpads for fear. Yet ICE agents have been using Brentwood firehouses as staging grounds for raids that rip families apart. None of our firefighters signed up to help federal agents hunt down their own neighbors.

More than 250 Long Island residents gathered in Brentwood on Sunday for a powerful rally against the recent wave of federal immigration enforcement actions, demanding dignity, protection, and accountability in the face of fear.

Yesterday morning, Sunday, April 6, Islip Forward received numerous verified community reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)