A Chicago area teacher is fighting for her career after activists mobilized against her.
The controversy erupted over a Facebook post.
And the teacher was placed on leave when activists caught her making one simple statement supporting Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The Post That Started the Firestorm
A teacher at Gary Elementary School in West Chicago wrote "GO ICE" on her personal Facebook page last week.
Within hours, activists circulated screenshots and began organizing against her.
"Imagine working as a teacher in an elementary school in West Chicago where the Latino community is highly populated and promoting ICE, sick AF," one social media post read.
Activists created a Change.org petition calling for termination and organized a student walkout.
Illinois State Senator Karina Villa posted a message declaring "unwavering solidarity" with families upset about the teacher's comments.
Villa claimed that while free speech is a "protected right," teachers have a "responsibility" to create a "safe and welcoming environment for all."
Translation — your constitutional rights don't matter when they upset the activists who control our schools.
The District Surrenders Without a Fight
The teacher resigned Friday before any investigation could begin.
She knew what was coming.
But she withdrew that resignation before the board could approve it and showed up to work Monday morning.
West Chicago Elementary School District 33 brought in lawyers and placed her on administrative leave.
Fox News Digital asked what specific rule she violated by supporting law enforcement on her personal Facebook account.
The district refused to answer.
Because there isn't one.
West Chicago held a "listening session" Monday where parents lined up to demand the teacher's head.
One woman claimed "kids do not feel safe" because a teacher supported federal law enforcement.
Another called the post "cruel."
Nobody asked how children were supposed to know about a teacher's personal Facebook post unless activists deliberately showed it to them.
Supporting Law Enforcement Gets You Fired Now
Days ago in Fort Worth, substitute teacher Jason Buchanan was doxxed and fired after telling ICE on social media that many of his students "don't even speak English."
Massachusetts teacher Kari MacRae lost her job in 2021 for posting memes about critical race theory and illegal immigration on TikTok before she was even hired.
Illinois teacher Jeanne Hedgepeth was fired in 2020 for Facebook posts during summer vacation praising Thomas Sowell and other black conservative leaders.
The Supreme Court declined to hear her case last year.
Teachers who support Trump's immigration enforcement get hunted down by activists, doxxed on social media, and fired.
The First Amendment protects public employees from retaliation for speech on matters of public concern.
But the Pickering test means nothing when school administrators won't stand up to organized mobs.
They fold every time because it's easier to sacrifice one teacher than face protests and angry state senators.
The Activists Have a Playbook
Activists organizing against this teacher are part of the broader resistance network that turned Chicago Hispanic neighborhoods into war zones for ICE agents.
The operation runs on 26-cent whistles handed out so residents can alert each other when federal agents arrive.
Morning patrols start at 5 a.m. to track ICE vehicles through the city.
"Rapid response networks" use encrypted chats to coordinate protests that surround and obstruct agents during arrests.
In Chicago's Brighton Park — where 79% of residents are Hispanic — crowds of 200 protesters surrounded ICE agents.
ICE vehicles get chased through streets in dangerous pursuits.
Reporters have been pepper-sprayed while activists themselves got shot with pepper balls during confrontations at ICE facilities.
This is coordinated resistance with massive funding behind it.
Now they're targeting anyone who supports the law enforcement trying to do its job.
The teacher in West Chicago made the fatal mistake of expressing support for ICE while activists work overtime to obstruct every arrest.
State Senator Villa's "unwavering solidarity" statement was a signal to every teacher in Illinois that elected officials will side with activists over your constitutional rights every time.
They Have Power and They're Showing You They'll Use It
The radical Left spent decades claiming they're champions of free speech.
They sued for the right of teachers to criticize school boards back in 1968.
Now they're firing teachers for two-word Facebook posts supporting federal law enforcement.
They have power in places like West Chicago and they're making sure everyone knows it.
You can lose your career for "GO ICE" but teachers who celebrated when Charlie Kirk was assassinated kept their jobs until the backlash became too intense.
The rules are crystal clear — support the radical leftist agenda or prepare to be destroyed.
This teacher tried to resign immediately because she knew the system wouldn't protect her.
When she changed her mind and tried to stand her ground, the district brought in lawyers.
They won't say what rule she broke because saying it out loud would expose the whole game.
There is no rule against supporting law enforcement on your personal social media.
The only rule that matters is don't cross the left-wing activists who run these communities or your career is over.
Sources:
- Andrew Mark Miller, "Chicago teacher placed on leave after Facebook post supporting ICE sparks outrage from activists," Fox News, January 26, 2026.
- Martín Macías Jr. and Francia Garcia Hernandez, "From Chicago to LA, neighborly solidarity fuels resistance to ICE," Block Club Chicago, November 5, 2025.
- "Chicago's Latino Communities See Surge in Grassroots Activism as Immigration Operations Continue," WTTW, September 23, 2025.
- "Judicial Watch Asks Supreme Court to Take Up Case of Teacher Fired for Off-Duty Political Speech," Judicial Watch, January 2026.
- Kimberly W. O'Connor and Gordon B. Schmidt, "Facebook Fired," SAGE Journals, 2015.
