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

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.

According to the school's principal, Natasha Ortega, agents were not allowed entry or permitted to speak with students or staff.