Chicago Public School and GOV. JB Pritzker (D) spread the false claim last week that President Donald Trump's immigrant customs executive agencies tried to attack elementary schools.
Friday, Chicago Public School of Public School Bogdana Chkoumbova told the local reporters The ice agent “appeared” at Hamline Elementary School.
“The agent identified himself as the principal of the school and provided contact information to the business card.”
Chkoumbova explained that “school staff followed the CPS established protocol,” and “maintaining an ice agent outside the school, and contacting the District Legal Department and the Security Bureau.
“Ice agents are not allowed to enter school, and they are not allowed to talk to students or staff. This is safe for students and staff,” said Chkoumbova. “We will not adjust with the Immigrant Customs Execution Agent.”
Hamline's principal Natasha Ortega repeated the same claim at a press conference on Friday.
“We can't open the door for ice. We are here to protect children,” said Ortega.
Pedro Martinez, the highest executive officer of Chicago Public School, told MSNBC that agent “presented qualifications and shared them from ice.”
“We have trained the principal, security guards, and the front office staff … We have confirmed that they know that they do not share information with the immigration sector or ice. There is no judicial order. Martinez added, “I'm not allowed to enter the building,” as possible.
Pritzker has amplified A's wrong claim post In X, “One week after the Republican members who are fear and confusion, the first report of the attack in Chicago is in elementary school. It is cruel and non -American to target children and separate their families.”
On Saturday, officials of Chicago Public Schools backed in the previous claim and declared that there was a “misunderstanding.”
“Agents have offered school staff a qualification of the Ministry of Land Security, which is the federal division that supervises immigration customs (ICE),” said Martinez and Chkoumbova.
“Later, I learned that these officials were not from ice, but from US secret services. We also supervise another federal law executive agency directed by the Ministry of Land Security,” continued their statement. I did it. “This case was misleading, but it reflects the fear and anxiety that is currently existing in our cities, and is careful about the recent changes in federal policies. It is reflected.
“Despite yesterday's misunderstanding, the school's answer has been ready to keep students and staff safely in cooperation with community organizations and Labor Partners, and are ready. They added.
PRITZKER did not provide the latest statements about the case, and his team did not respond to the comments of comments. Fox News Digital。
Mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson (D) Posted In X, “Chicago is always a welcome city. We always maintain a welcome urban regulations and we always protect our students and all of our cities.”
“Today, a secret service agent that is not ice, not ice existed in John H. Hamline Elementary School. People in the city are worried about strengthening immigration, but individuals are not afraid of the entire city. It is essential not to spread the verification information, “says Johnson. 。
ICE stated that he would not send executives to school, and said that the institution was not involved in the case.
Anthony Grielmi, Officer of the US Secret Service Communication Officer, confirmed that a secret service agent was sent to elementary school on Friday to “investigate the threat of government officials we protect.”
“In the process of their investigation, the agent first visited a local residence and then visited Hamline Elementary School,” said Grielmi. “The agent identified himself as the principal of the school and provided contact information to the business card. The agent has left safely. The secret service is all threats to the protected people. We do not investigate or execute.
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