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<figure><img alt="" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" height="683" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/01/BackofYardsSchICE3-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1" width="1024" /></figure>CPS officials initially said agents who identified themselves as ICE arrived at Hamline Elementary in Back of the Yards Friday, but it was actually Secret Service agents looking for an 11-year-old who posted an anti-Trump video, a CPS source said.