ICE agents waiting near St. Louis Park daycare confronted by parent
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrived in St. Petersburg on Friday morning. He encountered a parent outside the daycare in St. Louis Park.
Sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect the preschool’s privacy, said two unmarked ICE vehicles were parked “directly across the street from our parking lot and playground” as parents dropped off their children around 9 a.m.
When a parent confronted them, the source claimed masked agents threatened him with pepper spray.
“They threatened to slap her, but St. Louis Park police arrived a short time later and they fled the immediate area,” a source said, noting that police quickly arrived on the scene and remained outside the daycare for about an hour.
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There are a growing number of reports of federal immigration agents conducting operations near and in schools and child care centers.
Earlier this week, KARE 11 spoke with officials at two Hispanic day cares in the Twin Cities; There, multiple employees were detained by ICE last week, including one detained in a daycare parking lot.
“In both cases, the centers said the workers were legally authorized to work in the United States.” SQUARE 11 reported.
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(ICE, Flickr)
On Wednesday, the parent of a Robbinsdale School District student was arrested by federal agents while waiting with her children at a bus stop in Crystal. And last week, just hours after an ICE agent fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Good, Border Patrol agents were involved in a chaotic scene on the grounds of Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis.
Hundreds of masked federal agents drove through the Twin Cities in unmarked vehicles, causing mass absences in schools. Multiple districts have launched virtual learning opportunities for students and families who are afraid to go to school.
Minneapolis Public Schools, representing Apple Valley, Eagan and Rosemount, St. Paul Public Schools, Richfield Public Schools and District 196 have all launched temporary online programs for students.
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