On Thursday, San Diego Unified’s Linda Vista Elementary became the latest local school community hit hard by a targeted ICE arrest. At around 3:10 p.m., minutes before school let out, immigration agents pulled up in an unmarked van and arrested a father waiting near the school to pick up his child, according to district officials. The student’s mother was later called to come pick up their waiting child.

During a Friday morning press conference at the school, San Diego Unified Superintendent Fabiola Bagula could barely conceal her disgust at the incident, which she said struck fear into the community.

“These are three-year-old to 11-year-old children – a child that did not get picked up from school by their parents. This is traumatic. There’s a reason why those people are wearing masks (

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