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Levy joke about deporting immigrants in bad taste

Joye Brown

Newsday columnist Joye Brown

Joye Brown has been a columnist for Newsday since 2006.

Steve Levy, Suffolk County's top elected official, joked about deporting "the guys in the kitchen" to a roomful of friends and supporters at a roast in Bay Shore last week, according to several people who were there.

His office - Levy declined an interview - says he was funning around, pointing a finger at himself for his reputation as a hard-liner on illegal immigration.

But Levy was...

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