ICE agents denied entry to South Side elementary school: Chicago Public Schools
ICE agents denied entry to South Side elementary school: Chicago Public Schools
The U.S. Secret Service told the I-Team they approached a South Side school Friday. Chicago Public Schools officials had initially said the agents were from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
"CPS will continue to protect our students and their families in alignment with the Illinois TRUST Act and Chicago's Welcoming City Ordinance," one school official said.
Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates called the situation "unprecedented" at a news conference Friday afternoon.
Good fucking job faculty and staff. This is critically important.
CPS has a very hard headed teachers union that people often complain about. But in times like this, it's exactly what's needed. I can't imagine the for profit "Disney II" charter school up the street to have the same approach 🙄
For-profit? They'll rat you out for a nickel.
The headline has been updated:
US Secret Service approached South Side school, not ICE agents: officials
The U.S. Secret Service told the I-Team they approached a South Side school Friday. Chicago Public Schools officials had initially said the agent or agents were from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Secret Service said they were investigating a threat, and responded to a house. They said they were then told the person they wanted to talk to was at Hamline Elementary School, but they did not enter the school, the Secret Service told the I-Team.
The threat the Secret Service was investigating was not immediately clear.
What kind of threat would the Secret Service be investigating at a random house in Chicago? Like, maybe if someone sent out a death threat to an elected official, but even then isn't that the FBI or local cops jobs?
Also, a public school turning away the secret service when they say they're investigating a threat just seems incredibly unlikely.
Also also, how in the world would the school have mistaken secret service agents for ICE agents? Did these agents not identify themselves?
I think the answer to all of these questions is going to be "the Secret Service is lying their ass off because everyone in the executive branch knows Trump will throw a giant hissy for if he hears that his big mean ICE agents got scared of by a bunch of public school teachers," but I guess we'll see what happens.
What kind of threat would the Secret Service be investigating at a random house in Chicago?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the Obamas from Chicago? Is it possible that they were investigating a threat against the Obamas or a site that a suspect believes is linked to the Obamas?
Trump's MAGA crew are right now running a victory lap, so it's not out of the realm of possibilities that at least one nutjob has declared open season on Obama or something. And after the two attempted Trump assassinations, I don't think they're going to want to look like they dropped the ball a third time.
All questions I have zero answers to, but am also curious about.
I would guess the agents said "We are federal agents", and since there has been all this talk of ICE and Chicago, made an assumption.
The secret service might be investigating a threat to a family member of someone they are protecting.
There are plenty of plausible answers, but we definitely don't know the full story yet.
America already went back 50 years in one week. Gonna be a helluva 4 years.
It was the secret service, not ICE:
The U.S. Secret Service told the I-Team they approached a South Side school Friday. Chicago Public Schools officials had initially said the agents were from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
But nonetheless, the school took the correct and appropriate action.
Fuck ICE
States and localities will make the good chunk of the resistance. Make sure to pay attention to every single local election
Multiple states have statewide and local elections this year
Unreal
Unfortunately it is real. Only one week in, 3 years and 51 weeks remaining.
This was not an incident involving ICE if anyone here would bother to read beyond the headline
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The U.S. Secret Service told the I-Team they approached a South Side school Friday. Chicago Public Schools officials had initially said the agent or agents were from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Secret Service said they were investigating a threat, and responded to a house. They said they were then told the person they wanted to talk to was at Hamline Elementary School, but they did not enter the school, the Secret Service told the I-Team.
The threat the Secret Service was investigating was not immediately clear.
CPS officials had claimed an ICE agent or agents were denied entry to the South Side elementary school Friday morning.
ICE said this was not a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement encounter.
The headline changed, actually. They updated after hearing from the Secret Service. CPS said it was ICE.
That's a lot less exciting. This is likely just a kid that made a credible threat to a current or former president then.