Immigration agents detain 2 people on school grounds in Baltimore, sparking backlash
Source: CNN US
PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2026, 11:08 PM ET
The detainment of two people by immigration agents outside a Baltimore school as preparations were underway for kindergarten and pre-k promotion ceremonies Thursday morning has fueled backlash from school and state officials. Immigration agents had been pursuing an undocumented immigrant who was accompanied by his family and drove into the parking lot of Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle school, where agents pulled the parents from the car, authorities and witnesses said.
Small children, some holding hands, hurried past the scene in their colorful backpacks during drop-off time as agents in vests with the words “ICE” and “police” on them detained a woman who was in an SUV with a shattered window, video shows. She was then led away with her hands appearing restrained behind her back.
Agents also struggled with a man on the ground and restrained him, according to another video taken by a driver who described children screaming as they watched. Educators rushed to the SUV of the two people being detained and took two children who were in the backseat into the school to try and protect them, Maryland state Sen. Bill Ferguson said in a video on Facebook, calling the incident “truly unconscionable.”
The children are now in the custody of their aunt, according to the Department of Homeland Security, after their parents were provided an opportunity to contact a relative.
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