Mistaken reports from CPS about immigration agents at a Back of the Yards school Friday have raised fear in the community and questions about why they took so long to clear up. Why it matters: The incident happened at a time when schools were on high alert from President Trump's new rules allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to enter schools and churches.

Several school districts and the Massachusetts attorney general issued guidance on how schools should react if approached by ICE agents.

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.

Chicago Public Schools officials incorrectly said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents attempted to enter a South Side elementary school Friday and were turned away. After CPS made the announcement,

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez answered questions about the report that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were at Hamline Elementary School Friday. The I-Team later confirmed they were from the U.

The US Secret Service said its agents visited a Chicago elementary school Friday while investigating a threat, hours after school officials mistakenly claimed that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had come to the building.

Chicago Public School officials are speaking out after they claim federal ICE agents attempted to enter an elementary school Friday. According to school leaders, the agents arrived at the school at approximately 11:15am.