'Morning Of Fear': Immigrant Detained During ICE Raids On LI

BRENTWOOD, NY — Since President Donald Trump took office immigrants have been on high alert with ICE agents raiding homes and detaining immigrants across the U.S. and Long Island, with multiple confirmed ICE sightings in Suffolk County—including four this month.

After plainclothes ICE agents targeted a Brentwood home while looking for undocumented children in January, community empowerment organization Islip Forward launched an ICE tracker, a platform created to address both verified and false reports of ICE sightings in Suffolk County.

Since the January incident, IF's ICE tracker has documented six more ICE raids—including one where an immigrant father was detained—according to Ahmad Perez, Islip Forward's executive director.

In a statement, IF said ICE "descended" on Brentwood, Central Islip and North Bay Shore on Sunday during a "morning of fear," and again on Monday.

Perez told Patch he has "reason to believe they operated on Tuesday as well."

The April raids are the latest confirmed on the tracker since three in Brentwood and Wyandanch earlier this year.

"This is what systemic injustice looks like—federal agents patrolling our neighborhoods and tearing families apart during breakfast," Perez said. "What happened this morning wasn’t about safety—it was about fear. Our community has the right to live without the constant threat of ICE at our doorsteps. We are not criminals. We are not targets. We are human beings, and we deserve to be treated as such."

According to IF, an immigrant father residing with his adult child was detained by ICE agents during Monday's Fulton Street raid in Brentwood after five plainclothes agents returned following a raid on Sunday in the same area.

"I woke up to a message on Monday saying 'they came back. My dad is missing and I don't know what to do,"' Perez told Patch.

The organization also reported confirmed ICE raids on April 6 in Central Islip on Applegate Drive, and in North Bay Shore on Candlewood Road. The tracker says agents arrived at both locations in unmarked vehicles around 9 a.m., wearing vests stating "POLICE ERO," ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations, which "manages all aspects of the immigration enforcement process, including the identification, arrest, detention and removal of aliens who are subject to removal or are unlawfully present in the U.S.

The April ICE raids are the most recent reported on the tracker since early 2025 sightings, including a Feb. 12 incident where plainclothes ICE agents in unmarked vehicles arrived at a Brentwood deli around 9 a.m.; and the Jan. 31 raid where plainclothes ICE and U.S. Marshal agents in an unmarked black Ford Explorer made a "targeted visit" at the corner of West Booker and Straight Path in Wyandanch.

"The events that unfolded on April 6 are a true reflection of injustice and oppression. In the land made up of immigrants, we had ICE agents raiding homes, patrolling our neighborhoods and challenging our strength. All of this is not a testament of this nation’s greatness, but rather this nations’ shortcomings toward our strongest patriots: our immigrants," said Chris Hidalgo, IF's Central Islip Votes Director. "I beg the communities to look out for your brothers and sisters, to be aware of your rights and be aware of what’s happening. Together, our communities will not fail to exist and together, we will not stop moving forward."

In January, Perez told Patch the ICE tracker was launched in response to the Brentwood raid and to "ensure that accurate information is disseminated and help protect our community from the harmful effects of misinformation and fear."

He said the tracker manages verified sightings of ICE agents reported by local residents. It's updated daily with information in both English and Spanish, and is available free of charge. Islip Forward encourages all community members to utilize the ICE tracker and report any verified sightings, he said.

Click here for more information about Islip Forward and the ICE tracker.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was not immediately available for comment.