The Chicago Teachers Union said a father was arrested by immigration agents Wednesday morning as he was dropping off his kids at a charter school in the Gage Park neighborhood. A community member sent a video showing the moments Acero Schools said an adult was detained by U.

Two students were with the adult outside the Southwest Side school Wednesday morning, officials said. "It is really terrifying for families and traumatizing for students," one observer said.

A School Board vote in December had spared seven Acero schools from closure for a year and promised to absorb five of them in 2026. But after extensive debate, the board determined two campuses should close this spring.