Tensions are escalating in Brentwood, Long Island, after ICE agents were seen using a firehouse parking lot for operations. Local officials, representing a predominantly Latino population, expressed outrage, particularly Assemblyman Phil Ramos, who criticized the fire department for permitting this use. Fire department officials stated they were unaware of ICE's actions and had not given any approval. Activists claimed that firefighters were aware of the situation, resulting in public protests and further scrutiny of local leadership's accountability to the immigrant community.
In a town built and protected by a Latino majority, ICE was shockingly allowed to use a Brentwood firehouse to launch enforcement operations against that very community, state Assemblyman Phil Ramos raged on Facebook. This culminates a significant outcry as local officials express disbelief over the arrangement by ICE in an area heavily populated by Latino immigrants.
At no time did the Brentwood Fire District or Brentwood Fire Department have any knowledge or allow any Law enforcement Agency to use the fire house parking lot. We were never contacted by any federal, state or local law enforcement agency or any other branch of government regarding the use of any parking lot at any fire district location.
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