For what’s believed to be the first time in Los Angeles since the administration of President Donald Trump announced a crackdown on immigration enforcement, federal agents tried to enter Los Angeles Unified School District schools this week.
They were denied entry.
Two federal officials attempted to enter Lillian Street Elementary School and Russell Elementary School on Monday — both located in L.A.’s Florence-Graham neighborhood. School administrators turned them away, following LAUSD protocols.
The agents were from the Department of Homeland Security, the district later confirmed. Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement were not involved.
Two schools at the LAUSD denied entry to agents with the Department of Homeland Security amid an immigration crackdown from the Trump administration. (KTLA) 
Two schools at the LAUSD denied entry to agents with the Department of Homeland Security amid an immigration crackdown from the Trump administration. (KTLA)
The Department of Homeland Security has not commented publicly on the matter.
The attempt to enter two LAUSD schools comes after Trump’s administration authorized federal agents to enter “sensitive areas” to conduct immigration-related investigations — something that was against the Biden administration’s guidelines.
“Criminals will no longer be able to hide in America’s schools and churches to avoid arrest,” said former acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman on Jan. 21, who ran the department before Kristi Noem was sworn in on Jan. 25. “The Trump Administration will not tie the hands of our brave law enforcement, and instead trusts them to use common sense.”
As of Thursday morning, the exact goal of the agents at the L.A. schools was unclear.
