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‘Great help’ or presidential overstep? Obama’s immigration order here
NEWS-REVIEW FILE PHOTO | Sister Margaret Smyth of North Fork Apostolate in Riverhead. Leti was one of hundreds of incoming freshmen to walk into Riverhead High School on the first day of school last...
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Immigration sweep leads to arrest of 7-Eleven owner
CYNDI MURRAY PHOTO | Law enforcement officials outside Cutchogue 7-Eleven Monday morning. Nine people have been arrested as part of a nationwide immigration and identity theft investigation as federal...
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7-Eleven stores reopen and customers return
It was business as usual at the Cutchogue 7-Eleven Tuesday morning, where a steady stream of customers entered the store looking for their coffee fix. There was, however, one notable exception: the...
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Farm was no stepping stone for this immigrant
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | Bedell Cellars’ assistant winemaker, Seferino Cotzojay, crouches on top of the grape crusher as Raven Blake of Greenport stomps down the grapes to make room for more. While...
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Special Report: A dwindling workforce for local farmers
BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO | Many in the local agricultural industry say finding suitable farmhands is becoming a challenge because of an increased focus on proper documentation of workers, economics...
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‘Border children’ reach Riverhead, reunite with family
Sister Margaret Smyth of the North Fork Spanish Apostolate (center) with Estabon, 16, and Pedro, 14, and their mother Marta Tuesday afternoon. (Credit: Carrie Miller) A misty Independence Day morning...
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Column: Remove hate speech from immigration debate
Migrant farmworkers at a North Fork vineyard. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file) It was a sunny August afternoon last year when we at the paper got word of police activity — a possible drug bust — in...
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Guest Column: Immigration coverage overlooked key facts
I was sorry, but not surprised, to see The Suffolk Times parroting the leftist party line regarding its coverage of the “border children” arriving in Riverhead. According to the newspaper, this sudden...
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Mixed views from biz owners on Obama’s immigration order
Workers at a farm off Sound Avenue in Riverhead in 2012. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file) Business owners in local sectors long dependent on immigrant labor offered mixed views Friday on President...
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Immigration attorney fields questions at Chamber event
Attorney Christopher Worth, of The Law Office of Christopher Worth in Riverhead, addressed the Chamber of Commerce Thursday. (Credit: Cyndi Murray) Though President Obama’s executive actions on...
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Featured Letters: Let the Syrian refugees in
The following are a collection of letters that ran in the Nov. 26 edition of The Suffolk Times: Who have we become? We are a nation of immigrants. We came to avoid religious persecution: We came to...
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Featured Letter: We have a right to choose which immigrants to accept
To the editor: Diana Gordon’s Guest Spot gave us a summary of an activists’ conference on immigrant integration and a few suggestions for local action. Progressive, political writings like hers often...
View ArticleCongressman Zeldin releases statement on immigration order
I support the temporary entry restriction from certain nations until the administration, Congress and the American people know with confidence that any individual being granted admission does not pose...
View ArticleGuest Spot: It’s time for all of us to come together
The neighborhood south of the railroad tracks in Greenport Village is called West Dublin because it was once inhabited by Irish people who came to work on the railroad or at the brick factories. Later,...
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‘Day without immigrants’ prompts march, local boycotts
Concepcion Choy of Riverhead is an immigrant from Guatemala who has lived in the United States for 12 years. (Credit: Kelly Zegers) A social media post early Thursday morning from Aldo’s Coffee in...
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Equal Time: Slippery slope of illegal immigration
Based on what I’m seeing daily in the mainstream media (and in some of our recent Super Bowl ads) it appears that it has now become racist/xenophobic (if not downright evil) to deny illegal immigrants...
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Leave immigration issues up to the feds, local police chiefs say
Last month, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement launched a series of operations across the country, prompting discussions about how local police departments should handle immigration. Police...
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Immigration attorney answers communities questions about ICE, deportation
Through hosting citizenship classes at the Riverhead Free Library, Millie Rios often fields questions from her students regarding immigration policies and consequences — especially since Donald Trump...
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Standing together as witnesses for undocumented immigrants
A handful of times this past summer, Carolyn Peabody traveled into New York City to attend the court appearances for a family friend’s son, who had been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs...
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Top Stories 2017: Immigration issues on many minds
This year saw immigration issues brought to the forefront, from demonstrations to community discussions to ramped-up arrests of undocumented individuals. The Southold Town Anti-Bias Task Force...
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