A West Oakland elementary school and a preschool were placed on lockdown Wednesday and some children were sent home early in response to confirmed reports of federal immigration activity in the neighborhood.

Administrators at Hoover Elementary School on Brockhurst Street and the nearby Harriet Tubman Preschool initiated their “secure school protocol” sometime between 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. following reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were knocking on doors in the area.

ICE agents were last seen near the intersection of 31st and Market streets, according to Oakland Unified School District officials.

In addition to the lockdown, dozens of Oakland teachers and community members gathered on the sidewalks surrounding the Hoover campus in response to the ICE activity,

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