ICE CRACKDOWN HITS HAMPTONS: Caregivers Detained, SIJ Rollback Threatens Summer Workforce

Vanity Fair documents a summer surge of ICE enforcement in New York’s Hamptons that has stoked fear among immigrant workers and employers, disrupted local businesses dependent on seasonal labor, and revealed how USCIS’s June 6 SIJ deferred-action rollback is increasing deportation risk for caregivers. The piece centers on Lady Peralta, a SIJ caregiver detained after a routine ICE check-in, and highlights advocates’ warnings about a growing backlog of SIJ residencies and broader economic harms.