On October 3, 2025, federal agents conducting an immigration enforcement operation in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood deployed tear gas near Funston Elementary School, exposing students, including first-graders, and traumatizing hundreds of children and families. Children playing on school grounds, eating at a nearby café, and walking home from school were affected, including toddlers as young as 14 months old at Luna y Cielo Play Cafe, where nannies rushed children to a back room as gas spread. Teachers, including Liza Oliva-Perez, were tear-gassed while protecting students, and parents like Molly Kucich abandoned errands to reach their children. Children have since shown signs of anxiety, nightmares, and fear of family separation, with some asking teachers and dolls whether ICE will come for them. The operation, part of a broader initiative dubbed 'Operation Midway Blitz,' also included a separate incident at 51st and Damen where agents threw a smoke bomb and detained a person, alongside reports of residential raids, helicopter operations, and use of pepper munitions against protesters.