A charter school network on the Southwest Side of Chicago informed parents that an adult was detained Wednesday morning by federal immigration officials outside a school building when dropping children off for class.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials did not immediately confirm the action.
Advocates say this may be the first time since President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown started in January that ICE has detained an individual as children were arriving or leaving a Chicago school. The Trump administration last month said it would allow agents to make arrests at schools, churches and hospitals, ending a policy in effect since 2011. Still, Chicago school leaders have pledged not to allow ICE agents inside schools except when they have a proper criminal arrest warrant…