Despite earlier reports that ICE agents tried to enter a Chicago elementary school Friday, the agency says it wasn't them. So what exactly happened?
Officials with Chicago Public Schools claimed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were seen at Hamline Elementary School. The Secret Service said special agents were investigating a threat.
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.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez said it was all a "misunderstanding" after U.S. Secret Service agents showed up at Hamline Elementary School and were mistaken as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.
Chicago Public Schools officials reportedly mistook Secret Service agents for ICE officers during a chaotic morning incident amid migrant crackdowns.
After Chicago Public Schools initially claimed ICE agents visited a Southwest Side elementary school Friday morning, it was later confirmed that this was not the case.
The incident comes amid a threatened Trump administration crackdown and sent ripples of fear through the K-8 school.
ICE, along with several other federal agencies, began what they called "enhanced targeted operations" on Sunday in Chicago.
School officials said ICE agents tried to enter Hamline Elementary Friday morning, spurring panic. The Secret Service later claimed responsibility.
According to Chicago Public Schools officials, Secret Service agents were turned away Friday at Hamline Elementary while reportedly searching for an 11-year-old who had posted an anti-Trump video online.
Chicago Public Schools officials said in a press conference Friday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents showed up at an elementary school in the city but were denied entry.  But