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Reported ICE activity prompts lockdown at several Seattle schools
13 ^ | January 20, 2026 | By Will Wixey

Posted on 01/20/2026 6:44:53 PM PST by chief lee runamok

SEATTLE - Several Seattle schools were placed on lockdown Tuesday afternoon after the district received unconfirmed reports of ICE activity in the area.

What we know:

Seattle Public Schools said the shelter-in-place was activated at six separate campuses, including Mercer International Middle School, Aki Kurose Middle School, Cleveland STEM High School, Maple Elementary, Dearborn Park Intern.

The ICE activity was reported by community members, according to Seattle Public Schools, though no ICE presence was ever observed. It remains unknown if immigration agents were conducting any business in the surrounding area.

(Excerpt) Read more at fox13seattle.com ...


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Enough false alarms about ICE could possibly discourage violently rampaging loony liberals
1 posted on 01/20/2026 6:44:53 PM PST by chief lee runamok
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To: chief lee runamok

The time has come to close the public schools. They do way more harm than good.


2 posted on 01/20/2026 6:46:34 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: chief lee runamok

The teachers aborted all the babies that would be in their classes.

They need illegal babies to keep their gravy train rolling.


3 posted on 01/20/2026 6:48:42 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ( Klaatu barada nikto.)
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To: BenLurkin
The time has come to close the public schools.

The time is long past. Education is far too important to let government continue doing it badly.

4 posted on 01/20/2026 6:51:45 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: BenLurkin

I agree.


5 posted on 01/20/2026 7:03:35 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: chief lee runamok

Correct.


6 posted on 01/20/2026 7:03:42 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: chief lee runamok

“Enough false alarms about ICE could possibly discourage violently rampaging loony liberals”

+100!


7 posted on 01/20/2026 7:05:07 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: chief lee runamok

MS-13 activity would be fine. ICE? Shut down all!


8 posted on 01/20/2026 7:08:47 PM PST by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months. Is that a big deal?)
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To: chief lee runamok

This is almost as good as when the ICE guys are being followed by the loonies and the agents, using info from the license plates, lead the loons to their own homes.

It would be a shame if schools, community centers, or government offices received similar calls.


9 posted on 01/20/2026 8:20:01 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.”)
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To: chief lee runamok

Is that where the Democrats are hiding their illegal alien slaves?


10 posted on 01/20/2026 8:28:24 PM PST by TigersEye (The Democrat/leftist strategy is "maximum chaos until collapse is acheived.")
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Heard in an area full of illegals in Seattle:

“Look at those beautiful Cascades covered in snow!”

“Covered in what?”

Shouted: “ICE!”


11 posted on 01/20/2026 8:37:27 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt (Fascist, deplorable, and proud of it!)
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To: chief lee runamok

“The ICE activity was reported by community members,”

Remember... we can all report fake ICE sightings at....
https://www.iceinmyarea.org/

It would be a shame if people like me were to not take this seriously and send “legal observers” on wild chases. Home Depot. Mosques. I never thought about doing it at schools.... Hmm.


12 posted on 01/20/2026 9:02:25 PM PST by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower)
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To: Organic Panic
> Remember... we can all report fake ICE sightings at.... https://www.iceinmyarea.org/ It would be a shame if people like me were to not take this seriously and send “legal observers” on wild chases. Home Depot. Mosques. I never thought about doing it at schools.... Hmm.

Unlike 9-1-1, I doubt that false reports to "iceinmyarea.org" are illegal. Go for it. Big-time. Mosques, yes. But specify only an address, don't mention that it happens to be a mosque. Let it be a surprise. Invite CNN...

13 posted on 01/21/2026 12:45:09 AM PST by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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