HUDSON VALLEY- State Senator Peter Harckham has called on the Trump administration to change its policy related to masked ICE agents.

Charging that Trump has “fostered an atmosphere of fear and intimidation within immigrant communities since raids by masked men are targeting individuals who have never been accused of a crime,” which the senator said was “not an act of justice or public safety but an exercise in thuggery and coercion.”

At the direction of President Trump, ICE agents are detaining and deporting individuals with immigration violations, such as overstaying a visa or entering the country illegally.

The lawmaker whose district includes a section of Westchester and a sliver of Rockland in addition to four of Putnam’s six towns told a Saturday news conference: “The Hudson Va

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