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.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were seen at a Chicago school Friday afternoon, according to officials with the city's public school district, though a spokesperson for the agency denied such an encounter.

Chicago Public Schools officials said in a press conference Friday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents showed up at an elementary school in the city but were denied entry.  But

Chicago Public Schools prevented federal officers from from going into an elementary school on Chicago’s Southwest Side Friday and talking to students, according to school officials.

Chicago school officials claimed several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents tried to enter a majority-Latino elementary school in the south side of Chicago on Friday, days after Donald Trump ’s administration rescinded long-standing policy that prohibits law enforcement actions in schools and churches.

Chicago Public Schools prevented federal immigration officers from going into an elementary school on Chicago’s Southwest Side Friday and talking to students, according to school officials. The agents showed up at 11:15 a.

Chicago school leaders say immigration agents showed up to an elementary school today in what may be the first of such actions since the Trump administration this week reversed federal policy to now permit immigration enforcement inside schools,