cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24693134

School officials said the agents were from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which ICE denied.

“School staff followed CPS established protocols,” Chkoumbova said in a news conference Friday. “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.”

  • kn33@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    When reached by CNN for comment, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials denied their agents were involved.

    “This was not a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement encounter,” a spokesperson for the agency said in a statement to CNN Friday afternoon.

    The Chicago Police Department also told CNN it was not called to the school.

    Wait so did this happen or didn’t it? I can see ICE denying it, even through incompetence. Both of them denying it seems strange, though.