Overview
- Community group Islip Forward posted photos of masked agents and an unmarked vehicle stopped along Third Avenue next to the Brentwood campus.
- The Brentwood superintendent told families that agents were nearby but not on district property, and the reason for their presence was unconfirmed.
- State Assembly Deputy Speaker Phil Ramos said a Brentwood student's father was arrested after a drop-off, though the total number of detentions remains unclear.
- The Department of Homeland Security and ICE had not provided comment to reporters by Friday.
- Reports of agents near a Hempstead middle school followed a day later, and the district said student attendance fell 18% after word spread.