Chicago Public Schools told families that students in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program, or JROTC, should only wear their military-issued uniforms inside to avoid being mistaken for federal law enforcement.

The district is immediately revising its dress code policy to require students to travel to and from school in civilian clothes, wrote Tyese Sims, the executive director of CPS’ JROTC department, in a Friday letter to families.

“Unfortunately, when they are in uniform, there is no way for the general public to distinguish these CPS students from members of the military, including the National Guard,” Sims said.

The announcement comes as the Trump administration intensifies immigration enforcement in Chicago, as part of a controversial campaign known as “Operation

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