Columbia Heights Public Schools are closed on Monday “due to a credible threat,” the district said. The school district is the same one attended by 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, who was returned to Minnesota after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers apprehended him and his father.
“No students or staff should report to school today,” Columbia Heights Public Schools wrote on social media.
The Columbia Heights Police Department later said a bomb threat had been emailed to multiple schools. The police chief said the threats were “racially and politically motivated,” but did not mention Ramos by name.
Police from Columbia Heights, Minneapolis and Metro Transit, as well as the Columbia Heights Fire Department, searched the campuses and found no suspicious items. Multiple agencies are investigating the source of the threats.
Classes will resume on Tuesday, police said.
The district includes five schools and has about 3,400 students, according to its website.
The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, claimed after Ramos’ removal earlier this month that immigration agents “did NOT target or arrest a child.” However, the superintendent of the district earlier reported that at least four students in the district had been taken by federal immigration enforcement officers. The district said a 17-year-old boy was reportedly removed from his car on his way to school, and a 10-year-old elementary schooler who was taken alongside her mother two weeks earlier.
Kiki Intarasuwan and
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