A federal spokesperson said a federal spokesperson late on Friday night that an information of immigration agents trying to enter a primary school on the Southwest side of Chicago was reported.
Leaders of Chicago Public Schools announced that they asked the federal immigration officers to go to the new city’s Hamline Elementary School in the neighborhood and talk to students, the city and state leaders and immigration advocates for rapid reactions.
Principal Natasha Ortga said at a news conference on Friday afternoon that US immigration and customs enforcement agents showed the school, which 1548 W. Located in the 48th cent, at 11:15 am, he said that the school staff “followed the protocol that we are protocols. Trained and practiced and discussed,” to ensure the safety of students.
“We won’t open our doors for ice, and we are here to protect our children and make sure they have access to an excellent education,” Ortga said. “We stand in solidarity with our families and the back of the yard community.”
An ICE spokesperson later refused in a statement that the agency was involved in the encounter, while Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi told Tribune that it was his officer who was his officer who investigated the threat against a “security” in relation to Ticketkok. Was doing.
Guglielmi will not identify security, but the Secret Service oversees President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, his immediate families and former Presidents.
Gugliemi said that two secret service agents went to a residence near the school before stepping into the campus. He said that the authorities recognized themselves as secret service agents and left their business cards to lead the school to call them.
“The US Secret Service does not investigate or apply immigration cases,” said Guglelmi.
Tusrap Reversed This week a policy that ice for more than a decade has prevented “sensitive places”, such as health care facilities, day care, immigration in churches and schools. His executive orders have also demanded to deploy soldiers to end congenital citizenship and increase border security.
In Friday night’s statement, CPS clarified its version of the incidents, calling it “misunderstanding” and convicted confusion over the circumstances created by the Trump administration.
“After sharing public statements by our district officials, we came to know that the agents who visited the school were from the US Secret Service. Our original communication reflected a misunderstanding, fearful and concerns in the community, which focuses on the unspecified immigrants of the new administration. ,
In the statement, the CPS said, “Two persons shown at the school door and presented an identity that includes the name of the Homeland Security, the department, the federal agency that oversees the snow. School officials proceeded to respond to agents with an understanding that they were from snow, between rumors and reports that the agency was in the community. ,
In Friday night’s statement, CPS reiterated whether agents were not allowed in school or allowed to talk with employees or students.
Although there was no evidence till Friday evening that the federal immigration officials, in fact, did well on the dangers of Trump, as far as the schools of Chicago were concerned, the disadvantage yard did to extinguish the fear among the majority Latin community behind the neighborhood. Was gone
When the school was rejected at around 2:45 pm, a mother of Barinas in West Central Venezuela grabbed the hands of her 7- and 11-year-old children and said that if she sends them back next week, she Was not sure.
The migrant mother said that she lived in the neighborhood for two years and lived in Chicago close to three. He said that he had started making a habit of life in America. She works in a laundromat and her husband works in construction.
“We don’t know now whether they would be safe in school,” he said, wiping tears from his eyes. “I can be at work and don’t know if something is happening to them … so it seems better to keep them home.”
A grandmother, who had identified herself as Sonja, waited outside the haemline, as he received the news that the federal agents were in school. He took a picture of his granddaughter on his phone.
“She is my little girl. She is my little girl, “she said.
Sonja said that her entire family is unspecified, except the children born here. She was worried about the agents that she was waiting to listen to an update outside the hamline.
Several mutual ad volunteers told Tribune that they had advised their parents to stay home illegally that more federal agents were waiting outside the building during dismissal. According to Illinois State Board of Education, Hamline has a student population that is about 92% Hispanic by 2024.
Advocates said they received reports of the presence of a potential ice in the haemline on Friday morning, and the group was sent to local rapid response teams to verify the reports, according to a statement by the Group Brighton Park Neberhood Council. And refugee rights.
The statement said, “Even if the agents trying to enter schools, the school and the community did the right job by working quickly to keep the students and families safe.” “Given the reality that immigration enforcement can be done by many federal agencies, communities and local institutions should be alert and take care when any federal agent comes to its door.”
Gov. JB Pritzker has earlier stated that he has heard that ICE will target more than 2,000 people in Chicago, but they have not received any communication from the Trump administration. The masses of large -scale exile have worried some 400,000 migrants of about 400,000 immigrants in the country without legal permission, motivating many people to quit work and keep their children out of school.
CPS has said that they are committed to protect the rights of all students for public education, provide guidance to employees so that they allow immigration officers on school property unless they provide credentials and A criminal warrant signed by a federal judge. There are hospitals and medical centers all over Chicago Do similar measures,
“CPS does not ask for the immigration status of our families. We will not coordinate with immigration and customs enforcement. (We do not) except for the rare case, share the student records with the ICE, where it is a court order or a parent or guardian, ”Chief Education Officer Bogdana Chakoumbova said at Friday’s news conference .
A spokesman for the Chicago Police said that the department was “not aware of the incident” before the arrival of agents in the school. The spokesperson said that on Friday, CPD officials did not respond to any calls for service in Hamline.
Leader of Illinois React
The mayor’s office issued a statement on Friday evening to urge to take precautions in view of widespread federation on federal activity.
“While people across the city are concerned about immigration enforcement, it is necessary that individuals do not spread uncomfortable information promoting fear in the city,” Johnson’s statement said.
Pritzker said Social media This report of the raid comes after a week of “Republican sowing fear and anarchy”.
“To target children and to separate families is cruel and non-American,” said Pritjkar.
A few minutes before the school’s dismissal, Stacey Davis Gates, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, said the incident should mark the “moment of solidarity”. Is near the union CPS urged They are bargaining for some security against exile in a four -year contract.
“I want to repeat as a mother that our schools are a safe place,” she said. “And they have my leadership and commitment, they have the leadership and commitment of 30,000 members of the Chicago Teachers Union and we will be here to support, resource and to protect their youth.”