A Wednesday visit by two state lawmakers to a Nassau County jail where ICE detainees are being held has pushed County Executive Bruce Blakeman to alter certain policies regarding their conditions and raised alarm that some, including those with no criminal records, may be held for longer than the 72-hour legal holding period.
Currently, 14 people are being held in the East Meadow Jail facility, where more than 1,400 people detained by ICE across the New York City metropolitan area have been held in the county jail since February. For every detainee, the federal government pays Nassau County $195 per night they are held.
