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Friday, June 29, 2018
Vol. 6, No. 26
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2 new migrant kids wind up in Syosset Curran, Suozzi say 10 kids separated from parents treated well at MercyFirst BY G R E TC H E N KELLER Two more migrant children who were separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border have been placed at the MercyFirst home for children in Syosset, bringing the total!there to 10. The numbers were disclosed by U.S. Rep.!Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, who visited the facility and held a news conference on Monday. One of the biggest concerns, said Curran, is the trauma that the children are experiencing. “The thing that we’re very concerned about these children is the psychological and physical toll of being separated from their families even for a short period,” she said. “The damage can be very hard to overcome.” But Curran said the children are receiving exceptional care and commended MercyFirst for its ser-
vice. “These children are being very well taken care of at MercyFirst. They are getting fed, they are getting the care they need, they are getting education, sports, woodworking, I mean you name it,” said Curran. “They’re getting everything; healthcare, wonderful nutrition.” Over the weekend, two more children came to the facility, one on Friday and one in the early hours of Monday morning. The children at the facility are from Guatemala, Honduras, Brazil and Nicaragua. There is a 4-year-old, 5-year-old, 6-year-old, two 7-year-olds, a 9-year-old, an 11-year-old, two 14-year-olds and one 17-year-old. The children are half boys and half girls. The original eight children have spoken to their parents by telephone, Suozzi said, but not the newest two because “they are still being processed.” Continued on Page 82
PHOTO BY AMELIA CAMURATI
Roslyn High School Class of 2018 salutatorian Ella Eisenberg thanked her grandparents during her address at the school’s 112th annual commencement ceremony at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts at LIU Post on June 22.
Grandparents honored at Roslyn graduation BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I
wide family safety net. During her speech at the 122nd annual Roslyn High As the child of a single School commencement cermother, Roslyn High School emony Friday at the Tilles salutatorian Ella! Eisenberg Center for the Performing Arts knows the importance of a at LIU Post, Eisenberg praised
her fellow 257 classmates for making it to the graduation stage but reminded them every student had a host of friends, family and mentors behind his or her successes. Continued on Page 26
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