Immigration agents turned away at Chicago school on South Side on Friday, CPS officials say

According to the school's principal, Natasha Ortega, agents were not allowed entry or permitted to speak with students or staff.

CHICAGO — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were turned away after arriving at a Southwest Side elementary school Friday morning, school officials said.Agents arrived at the John H. Hamline Elementary School at 1548 W. 48th Street around 11:15 a.m., but they were not allowed entry or permitted to speak with any students or staff, according to the school's principal, Natasha Ortega.

'Our security and clerk team followed the protocols that we've been trained and practiced and have discussed, and due to that we were able to ensure the safety of our school and all of our students,' Ortega said. Ortega said that students and staff are safe and that Chicago Public Schools officials do not ask for families' immigration status and will not cooperate with agents, unless in rare cases of a court order or with consent from a parent or guardian.

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