When federal immigration agents arrested a parent Wednesday morning, they were targeting her specifically for overstaying her visa, federal officials told KPBS.

Agents arrested Kyungjin Yu, an immigrant from South Korea, because her visa to be in the United States expired close to eight years ago, said Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin in an email.

Agents arrested Yu Wednesday morning as students were arriving for class at Camarena Elementary School in East Chula Vista. McLaughlin confirmed reports that Yu’s children were in the car at the time.

“Officers allowed Yu to call her ex-husband, who arrived at the scene to take custody of their children,” she wrote.

McLaughlin did not say Yu had any criminal history. Being in the U.S. illegally is a civil

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