Riverhead residents react to letter from town supervisor about immigration enforcement
The Town of Riverhead is clarifying its comments about potential federal immigration enforcement happening in the town.
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Riverhead residents say they have mixed thoughts about a letter sent to residents about possible immigration enforcement in the town by federal agents.
The letter says in part that "the Town of Riverhead stands firmly behind the new immigration policies set forth by the Trump Administration."
You can read the full letter here:
As News 12 has reported, Trump says he is cracking down on illegal immigration, and immigration agents can go into schools and churches.
It's ridiculous, it's a scare tactic." said one man News 12 spoke to in Riverhead on Tuesday about the immigration policy.
The letter from Riverhead, the second one it has sent on immigration enforcement policy in the last few days, comes on the heels of a letter from the Riverhead School District.
That letter lays out how the district says it will follow New York state law, which doesn't allow immigration enforcement on school grounds without proper legal documentation.
It's a policy that residents who News 12 spoke to say they support.
"That seems a little too much to be going after kids so young, just trying to go to school, just trying to you know, be a kid," said a man.
