Chicago public schools said their officials were wrong on Friday when they said that immigration agents had gone to a school, erroneous information that caused alarm in the midst of fears of a new White House administration.
The agents who went to Hamline Elementary School were actually with the US secret service, and not with the customs immigration and control service (ICE), as district officials initially said.
A secret service spokesman said they were “investigating a threat to one of our protected in reference to the recent prohibition of Tiktok” and that they had gone to a house next to the school and then to school itself.
“The Secret Service does not investigate or enforce immigration issues,” said Secret Service spokesman Anthony Gugliemi, in the statement to NBC Chicago.
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The two federal agents were not allowed to enter school and left without entering, said the Public Schools of Chicago.
The district said that “the officials followed the established protocols to guarantee the safety of the students” and communicated with the Legal Department and the Office of Security of the Public Schools of Chicago.
“While this was a misunderstanding in terms of the specific branch of the DHS, the school’s response shows that our system, in association with community organizations, is prepared and ready to keep our students and staff safe,” said public schools Chicago
The erroneous report arrives less than a week after President Donald Trump took possession on Monday, who campaigned to deport the people in the country without authorization.
The mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, sought to dissipate fears and clarify the confusion, writing on social networks on Friday night that was the secret service and not ICE.
“We understand that many, rightly, feel scared at this time,” Johnson wrote in X. “Chicago is still a cozy city, dedicated to protecting each resident.”
“While people throughout the city are concerned about a greater application of the Immigration Law, it is imperative that people do not disseminate not verified information that generates fear throughout the city,” Johnson said in a statement.
On Trump’s first day in office, he signed an executive order that declared a national emergency on the border between the United States and Mexico. Another order that Trump signed seeks to end citizens by birth, which a federal judge has temporarily blocked.
On Wednesday, Trump signed an order that orders the departments of National Security, Justice and State “to take all the necessary measures to repel, repatriate and immediately expel illegal foreigners through the southern border of the United States.”
