A principal playing gatekeeper backfired spectacularly. The Secret Service investigating threats was mistaken for ICE raids. Misplaced defiance could have jeopardized safety.
Willful against Trump Admin Orders That schools Are no Longer A Sanctuary For Illegals
Principal gets owned, it was the SS they denied entry to, they were investigating a threat to those they protect
A Chicago elementary school turned away agents they feared were from ICE. They turned out to be from the Secret Service
Fearing federal agents asking to search a Chicago elementary school Friday morning were from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, school officials denied them entry. But it turned out they were US Secret Service agents pursuing an investigation.
Around 11:15 a.m., the agents attempted to enter Hamline Elementary School, Chicago Public Schools’ Chief Education Officer Bogdana Chkoumbova said. School officials initially said the agents were from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which ICE denied. The district said it later learned the agents who visited the school were from the Secret Service.
“This was not an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement encounter,” a spokesperson for the agency said in a statement to CNN Friday afternoon.
Two agents who showed up to the school presented identification from the Department of Homeland Security, the federal agency that oversees both the Secret Service and ICE. School officials responded to the agents with the understanding that they were from ICE, “amid rumors and reports that the agency was in the community,” a district spokesperson told CNN.
“Regardless of which branch of Homeland Security visited this school, officials followed the established protocols to ensure student safety,” the CPS spokesperson said in a statement to CNN Friday night. “The agents were not allowed into the school or permitted to speak with staff or students.”
The US Secret Service approached the Chicago elementary school Friday morning as they were investigating a potential threat to a protectee, the agency told CNN. The agency would not name the protectee, as is common for investigations of this type.
A Secret Service spokesperson told CNN the agency’s Chicago office was “investigating a threat made against a government official we protect.”
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https://cnn.com/cnn/2025/01/24/us/ice-agents-attempt-entry-into-chicago-elementary-school
The Trump Administration has issued an executive order stating that criminals can no longer seek refuge in schools and churches to avoid arrest. The administration emphasized that law enforcement officers will have the freedom to use their judgment in these situations.
However, there are reports that some states and cities are planning to defy this executive order. This defiance includes actions by state governors, city mayors, church leaders, and school principals. The administration has indicated that these individuals must be held accountable for their actions.
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