India, Oct. 20 -- Students and teachers at a Chicago elementary school were caught in chaos earlier this month after tear gas released by federal agents drifted into their classrooms, leaving many children terrified and teachers shaken, according to Mirror report.

On October 3, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were reportedly conducting a raid on a nearby grocery store when tear gas canisters landed in a parking lot next to Funston Elementary School in northwest Chicago. The chemical fog spread inside as students prepared for dismissal.

Maria Heavener, a first-grade teacher at the school, said she had heard rumors that ICE planned to detain unaccompanied minors but never imagined chemical agents being deployed near children. ...