A report by ABC 7 Chicago News sparked outrage Wednesday after it aired interviews with several residents detailing how to avoid detection and capture by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials.

The self-described sanctuary city of Chicago has been anticipating President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration since he won the White House in November. Public schools, teachers and religious leaders have been preparing to protect students and parishioners as the likelihood increases of ICE agents showing up.

“We started attending know your rights training so that we could know how to defend ourselves and our students, if anyone tries to, if ICE tries to communicate with us or potentially detain somebody,” said Erin, a Chicago Public Schools teacher.

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