Nassau police handed at least 64 people, mostly accused of low-level offenses like theft, prostitution and drug possession, over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement this year, according to data analyzed by Newsday.

While the transfers make good on a promise by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman to support President Donald Trump's mass deportation plan, they have angered critics who say they violate the constitutional right to due process.

"I don’t think they should be turning over anyone to ICE who’s simply been accused of a crime," Patrick Young, an immigration law professor at Hofstra University, told Newsday. "Typically, we don’t consider someone guilty until they’ve had a chance to go through court. So these are folks who are not being given state due process, let alone

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