A crowd of about 100 people gathered on Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays Friday to protest recent arrests made by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents earlier this week on the South Fork.

Demonstrators gathered in front of the Hampton Bays Fire Department headquarters, where federal agents were seen meeting in the parking lot Wednesday morning, according to Southampton Police Chief James Kiernan.

“ICE is coming to our community; we are not happy with that. We want peace in our community,” said Jose Figueroa, 57, of Flanders, an immigrant from Mexico. He said there is “fear of persecution for our community.”

ICE operations on Long Island resulted in the arrest of 12 people on Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which operates ICE, said in an email to Newsday. S

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