The first official elected Chicago school board meeting focused on protecting Chicago Public School students from ICE, and a plea from the CPS CEO to undocumented parents.

The incident illustrates the climate of fear permeating the country as Trump readies ICE and other federal authorities to carry out his plan for mass deportations.

Officials with Chicago Public Schools claimed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were seen at Hamline Elementary School. The Secret Service said special agents were investigating a threat.

Chicago Public Schools officials reportedly mistook Secret Service agents for ICE officers during a chaotic morning incident amid migrant crackdowns.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez said it was all a "misunderstanding" after U.S. Secret Service agents showed up at Hamline Elementary School and were mistaken as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

The U.S. Secret Service said its agents visited a Chicago elementary school Friday while investigating a threat, hours after school officials

After Chicago Public Schools initially claimed ICE agents visited a Southwest Side elementary school Friday morning, it was later confirmed that this was not the case.

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Years of organizing, educating and empowering people to defend themselves from racist immigration policies are showing results.

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

Under the 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case Plyler v. Doe, it is unconstitutional to deny the benefits of public education to undocumented students. Durham Public Schools believes all children are equally deserving of a sound basic education and does not ask families for their immigration status or record that information in student records.

This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. Ever since Donald Trump won the presidential election last November, kids around the country have been scared about what his promise of mass deportations might mean for them and their classmates.