Residents Fearful of Advocates Offering Help After ICE Visits in Kingston

As bulletins went out over social media from activist groups and the City of Kingston, Midtown — a neighborhood heavily populated with recently arrived hispanic immigrants — began to look like a ghost town.

NLMH organizers posted its warning to followers early Wednesday morning on social media, after an organizer shared video and photos of what he claimed were ICE agents walking around a house and looking in windows. Their advice to followers is: Do not open doors, record what you see, and report it.

In the city of Kingston’s bulletin, officials advised the public to remain silent (except for saying one’s name), not to sign anything, not to open the door, and not to consent to any search.