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Donald Trump Coming Back to Long Island April 14

This time it will cost you $150 to see him.

UPDATE: Tickets are now $150 and can be purchased here.

Calling Donald Trump fans: If you missed Trump's visit to Long Island Wednesday and you don't mind parting with $100, you can catch Trump in Patchogue next week.

Trump will be at The Emporium to headline a Suffolk GOP fundraising reception on Thursday, April 14.

The event begins at 5 p.m. at the nightlife venue on Railroad Avenue.

John Jay LaValle, the chairman of the Suffolk County Republican Committee, which is hosting the fundraiser, said Wednesday on Twitter on that he was proud to endorse Trump, who drew thousands of Long Islanders to see him at Grumman Studios in Bethpage.

"We need to unite and defend against liberal takeover," LaValle wrote.

The crowd will be much smaller at The Emporium, which can only hold about 1,000 people, its co-owner Tim Lorito told GreaterPatchogue.com.

Patchogue Village Mayor Paul Pontieri, a Democrat, told the website that the village has already discussed security for the event with the Suffolk County Police Department's Fifth Precinct, but the mayor, citing Trump's continuous spouting of anti-immigrant rhetoric, said he was concerned that the fundraiser is being held on same block where Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero was attacked and murdered by a group of teens in 2008.

“His position on immigration is clear and it’s in conflict with what a lot of people believe,” Pontieri told Newsday of Trump

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will also be on Long Island next week. She will headline the Suffolk County Democratic Committee's Spring Dinner on Monday at Villa Lombardi’s in Holbrook. Tickets to that dinner are $300 each and can be purchased here.

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