Advocates say masked ICE agents were seen near Brentwood High School on the first day of classes on Wednesday.
While the agents apparently were not on school property, they were close enough to raise concerns.
Photos were taken on an unmarked, dark vehicle on Wednesday with blue lights, and 2 officers, one wearing a face covering, standing by another vehicle, which was stopped along 3rd Avenue adjacent to the Brentwood School District.
A group called Islip Forward posted the photos on Facebook to alert the community.
"Quite disgusting. We see that ICE has ramped up deportations, specifically it's profiling and deportations. Why are they not in other, more white communities?" Joshua Chan with Islip Forward said.
Brentwood School officials confirmed ICE activity near the school in a note sent out to families.
The note said ICE has not been on school district property, and they have not been able to confirm the reason for their presence in the surrounding area.
All summer long, there have been reports from ICE trackers in communities of color from Huntington Station to Uniondale to Brentwood.
It also included businesses in the communities, which turned painfully quiet due to fear.
Students at Brentwood High School hope this doesn't cast a shadow on their senior year.
"Just come here to learn, but hearing that there's ICE around here, it's really scary," student Ashley Cerezo said.
A spokesperson for the Brentwood School District gave a statement from the superintendent from last February which explained that administrators will be notified if ICE enters school property. It also said staff is advised to not give out students' personal information.
"They saw in the morning while coming to the buses like discreet cars in the sidewalks and stuff like that," Samuel Fuentes said.
"You know we think we're coming into a place that we're gonna be safe at and just to hear that we're kinda not, I think it's kinda messed up," Cerezo said.
Now the question will be if this will affect attendance at schools in Brentwood and if parents will be afraid to send their kids to school if this continues.
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