US Secret Service approached South Side school, not ICE agents, CPS officials say
abc7chicago.com
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.

  • foggy@lemmy.world
    69·
    3 days ago

    Yeah, but this is surely also to intimidate folks from sending the to public schools.

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
      70·
      3 days ago

      Oh 100% - that’s why clearly rejecting it is so important. If the folks at your local school clearly announce “we don’t fuck with Trump’s terrorism bullshit” then it makes it less likely that parents (even those with residency or citizenship) will be afraid to let their kids attend.

      I think the whole announcement that the admin will raid schools is a pretty transparent attempt to make non-white people voluntarily stop sending their kids to school.