CHICAGO (WGN) - Two Chicago Public Schools students were detained and allegedly assaulted by federal agents on their way to school Thursday morning.

The students were reportedly on their way to school when they passed the situation unfolding in Little Village near the Discount Mall and stopped to watch and participate in that protest.

"These kids were en route to school. They saw the horrific scenes when you see masked individuals coming for your neighbors. They were unfortunately detained. One had blood on his face," Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th Ward) said.

In total, four students from Benito Juarez High School stopped near 27th and Whipple to watch a protest taking place as federal agents surrounded the area near the Discount Mall.

In the 10 o'clock hour, witnesses said agents deplo

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