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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums5Chicago: ICE agents 'showed up' at Chicago school amid heightened concerns of raids
Schools across the Chicago area have released guidance about potential situations after the Trump Administration revoked previous guidance prohibiting immigration arrests at schools, churches and hospitals
By NBC Chicago Staff and Vi Nguyen Published 26 mins ago Updated 19 mins ago
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were seen at a Chicago school Friday afternoon, hours after a Trump administration official confirmed that Illinois was among several states where hundreds of arrests had previously been made.
According to Chicago Public Schools' chief education officer, ICE agents were confirmed to have been present at Hamline School in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood, though the agents did not detain anyone and left the premises shortly after.
"Earlier today, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents showed up at Hamline Elementary School," Chief Education Officer Bogdana Chkoumbova said during a press conference at the school. "School staff followed CPS established protocols. They kept ICE agents outside of the school and contacted CPS law department and CPS Office of Safety and Security for further guidance. The ICE agents were not allowed into the school and were not permitted to speak to any students or staff members. Here is the bottom line, our students and staff are safe. Our protocols were followed."
Rapid Response Team members with the nonprofit group Increase the Peace also responded to the scene.
The school's principal said the school will not open its doors for ICE unnecessarily.
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Solly Mack
(93,514 posts)Thugs. Nothing but thugs.
HereForTheParty
(522 posts)nm
Irish_Dem
(62,147 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(52,062 posts)Irish_Dem
(62,147 posts)Nab the parents when they try to get their kids.
wcmagumba
(3,438 posts)He hates children, look at his own and their strange appearances. White is might to him...
bdamomma
(67,218 posts)Damn him and swamp creatures.
Again he is making many enemies, and there will be a situation to shut this all down.
Mike 03
(17,930 posts)"Daddy, what did you do today?"
"Me and a bunch of other agents made a show of force at an elementary school, terrifying a bunch of kids just about your age."
Initech
(103,113 posts)Magoo48
(5,742 posts)Stonewall, protocol, and pushback on everything, everywhere, all the time.
Resist.
Irish_Dem
(62,147 posts)jmbar2
(6,394 posts)If those kids get hurt, sick or abducted and disappeared, it will be a crime against humanity. Following orders will not be a good excuse.
I don't know how to do it, but the world needs to speak out to them. Just say no to crimes against children.
WhiskeyGrinder
(24,255 posts)DBoon
(23,336 posts)wcmagumba
(3,438 posts)SheltieLover
(61,285 posts)Poor kids!
sop
(12,183 posts)mopinko
(72,130 posts)GoCubsGo
(33,367 posts)over the past few years, so they know these people are there. The same goes for every other Northern "blue" city. They have a black mayor--to play into the racism, and they also have the largest population of Mexican-Americans outside of the western US--over 20% of the city's population.
PortTack
(35,111 posts)Lonestarblue
(12,160 posts)predominate blue states????
sop
(12,183 posts)Arazi
(7,319 posts)Guessing he loves the thought of terrorizing folks there
alcuno
(8,082 posts)Some of the toughest and most wonderful teachers that you will find. Don't mess with CPS!
BruceWane
(360 posts)DHS/ICE had no intention of actually entering the school and detaining/deporting anyone. I'm sure they knew they'd be turned away. They just wanted the headline in order to incite fear and spur self-deportations.
Plan to see more of these types of events.
TalenaGor
(1,142 posts)Irish_Dem
(62,147 posts)MontanaMama
(24,209 posts)is the point of all this. Like our kids aren't terrorized enough in school. I can't with this.
Irish_Dem
(62,147 posts)MontanaMama
(24,209 posts)who are damaged by what we allow to happen to them. I am so angry.
bdamomma
(67,218 posts)are going to have PTSD. In Tennessee, the GOP Senator is promoting to teach young children about Hitler.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/get-them-while-they-are-young-tennessee-gop-group-quotes-hitler-in-promoting-reading-list/ar-AA1xOQF5
MontanaMama
(24,209 posts)Resistance and recovery requires all of us but I am having a hard time tonight. Your linked article takes my breath away.
bdamomma
(67,218 posts)we got to stay strong.
Peregrine Took
(7,549 posts)Codifer
(841 posts)I thought I heard that there was some confusion as to the identity of these "Protectors of the Peace".... I feared the worst.... I was afraid that it was an attempted kidnapping of children by imposters.... you know how they love to cosplay.
But as I said, I thought that I heard this.... but I am 80 and I was stoned anyway.
Irish_Dem
(62,147 posts)jmbar2
(6,394 posts)Cops, Rethugs and churches should NEVER get their hands on kids. There are at least 1000 children separated from their parents who have never been reunited.
NoMoreRepugs
(10,847 posts)orangecrush
(22,664 posts)Miller would be tried for crimes against humanity.
Irish_Dem
(62,147 posts)bluestarone
(18,585 posts)ICE shooting our kids and teachers?
IrishBubbaLiberal
(140 posts)Sickening
Going to elementary schools to terrorize children.
This is what Trumps racists administration is.
There is no other purpose than to frighten little children and their families
SCUM. Republicans are SCUM
FormerOstrich
(2,782 posts)are murders and from the insane asylum. I bet the school they showed up at had a lot of kids that had "that look". Checking if they are a product of a birthright citizenship?
Damn illegals kids trying to get educated!!
Arazi
(7,319 posts)For posting an anti-Trump video
they lied to the school and said they were ICE.
CPS officials initially said agents who identified themselves as ICE arrived at Hamline Elementary School in Back of the Yards Friday, but it was actually Secret Service agents looking for an 11-year-old who posted an anti-Trump video, a CPS source said.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/24/ice-agents-denied-entry-at-cps-school-in-back-of-the-yards/
wcmagumba
(3,438 posts)T-rump's afraid of grade school kids...jerk of a human, if that even...
MichMan
(13,919 posts)Arazi
(7,319 posts)The school reported ICE was there. That was the impression the Secret Service obviously wanted to provoke instead of clearly identifying themselves as Secret Service.
School office staff members are vigilant if youve ever had an opportunity to deal with them when it comes to the kids. They dont know play and Im sure the Secret Service guys were interrogated by staff. I use that word literally
Tickle
(3,335 posts)Arazi
(7,319 posts)To talk to an 11 yr old about their anti-Trump video
11 years old
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/24/ice-agents-denied-entry-at-cps-school-in-back-of-the-yards/
MichMan
(13,919 posts)Response to Dennis Donovan (Original post)
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