ICE, Chicago public schools and Back of the Yards

A Chicago elementary school turned away agents they feared were from ICE. They turned out to be from the Secret Service
Fearing federal agents asking to search a Chicago elementary school Friday morning were from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, school officials denied them entry. But it turned out they were US Secret Service agents pursuing an investigation.
Secret Service agents, not ICE, attempted to access Hamline Elementary School in Chicago, officials say
The U.S. Secret Service says their agents came to the school to investigate a threat, not to enforce immigration laws. Their arrival spread fear in a community on high alert.
Reported ICE visit to Chicago school was actually Secret Service, officials say
Chicago Public Schools prevented federal officers from from going into an elementary school on Chicago’s Southwest Side Friday and talking to students, according to school officials.
Secret Service agents, not ICE, visited Chicago school, officials say amid deportation fears
The U.S. Secret Service says its agents visited a Chicago elementary school while investigating a threat. School officials mistakenly said hours before that U.S.
Reports of Immigration Agents at Chicago School Set Off Fear, but Are Proved False
The agents turned out to be unrelated to immigration, officials said hours later. They were from the Secret Service, investigating a threat.
Chicago school district says it was wrong about ICE agents going to a school
Chicago Public Schools said its officials made a mistake when they said ICE had gone to a school, mistaken information that caused alarm. It was Secret Service.
Chicago school officials say they stopped federal law enforcement from entering elementary school
Chicago school officials claimed several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents tried to enter a majority-Latino elementary school in the south side of Chicago on Friday, days after Donald Trump ’s administration rescinded long-standing policy that prohibits law enforcement actions in schools and churches.
Amid immigration fears, Chicago school staff mistook Secret Service agents for ICE, district says
The incident comes amid a threatened Trump administration crackdown and sent ripples of fear through the K-8 school.
Secret Service mistaken for ICE during visit to Chicago elementary school
After Chicago Public Schools (CPS) initially claimed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents visited a South Side elementary school Friday morning, it was later confirmed that this was not the case.
A Chicago school says immigration agents visited campus. Panic ensued
Chicago school leaders say immigration agents showed up to an elementary school today in what may be the first of such actions since the Trump administration this week reversed federal policy to now permit immigration enforcement inside schools,
Immigration agents attempted to enter a Chicago elementary school, school district says
However, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it was not their agency that attempted to enter the school.
ICE denies involvement as Chicago school leaders raise concerns about presence of federal agents
Chicago Public Schools head Pedro Martinez tells Katy Tur that ICE officials showed up to an elementary school in Chicago.
Illinois schools prepare for possible immigration enforcement actions in classrooms under Trump
"Guidance reinforces students’ right to education, regardless of immigration status, and advises school districts to develop local policies," ISBE said.