On Jan. 24, the same day as the Hamline Elementary ICE snafu, LaDonna Williams, the principal of Hefferan Elementary School in Garfield Park reached out to the CPS Student Safety Center regarding ...

School officials initially said they had turned away agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but ICE officials denied they were there, and the Secret Service later confirmed their ...

Last week, Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) and Chicago Public Schools officials sparked alarm after suggesting that ICE agents had ...

ICE said its agents never arrived at Hamline Elementary School, located in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood, and the US Secret Service released a statement saying it was their agents who ...

Gloria Marquez picks up her daughter Natalie, 9, after school from Hamline School in the Back of the Yards neighborhood where reports of ICE agents caused fear in the community, Jan. 27, 2025. (E.

"We had individuals that came to one of our schools, Hamline Elementary School, that presented credentials and shared that they were from ICE," Martinez claimed. "And so our staff followed the ...

School officials said they followed protocol that does not allow ICE agents in their buildings unless a warrant is present. Natasha Ortega, principal of Hamline Elementary, said that due to ...

The principal of Hamline Elementary School said Friday morning that multiple ICE agents came to the school but were not allowed in by administrators. ICE and local police officials did not provide ...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez defended the district's response to Friday's false ICE report at a school with over 90% Latino students, while an alderperson blamed CPS for spreading ...

Protesters stand outside Chicago’s John H. Hamline Elementary School after the school falsely claimed ICE agents were there on Jan. 24, 2025. AP “Our original communication was a result of a ...