LIVE ICE ABDUCTS Chicago Preschool Teacher

"What happened today is domestic terrorism." Our Jon Farina is LIVE in Chicago from a press conference led by Rep. Mike Quigley in response to ICE abducting a preschool teacher earlier today

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Status Coup video journalist Jon Farina is LIVE in Chicago from a press conference led by Rep. Mike Quigley in response to ICE abducting a preschool teacher this morning at Rayita del Sol Spanish Immersion school and daycare’s Roscoe Village location.

According to Block Club Chicago:

Federal immigration agents pulled a teacher from inside a North Center daycare Wednesday morning, causing a chaotic scene and “traumatizing” workers, parents and children, neighbors and officials said.

At least three agents showed up about 7 a.m. Wednesday at Rayito de Sol daycare, 2550 W. Addison St., where they detained a worker who cares for infants, witnesses said. A video shows them taking the worker out of the daycare while holding her arms behind her and at her sides, with screaming and shouting audible.

The agents had followed the woman as she parked and chased her inside the daycare and preschool, Ald. Matt Martin (47th) told Block Club after the incident. The teacher got into the daycare’s vestibule, but the agents “tore her away,” Martin said. The agents pushed other people who were looking to intervene, he said.

The agents had guns with them, but they did not draw them.

The incident happened in front of parents and children, said Martin, citing video of the incident. Other workers became afraid to come in, and the center closed for the day, parents said.

“It’s some of the most chilling video footage I have ever seen, certainly in my time in office,” Martin said. “We are, of course, demanding that she be released immediately.”