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Chicago Teacher 'Forced to Resign' From Job After Posting Two-Word Pro-ICE Comment on Social Media
James Heidorn resigned after posting 'Go ICE' on Facebook, sparking community backlash in a majority Hispanic district with concerns over student safety and comfort.
- James Heidorn, a West Chicago physical-education teacher, resigned after community backlash over a Facebook comment `Go ICE` that circulated widely online.
- Screenshots of the Facebook comment circulated online, prompting parents and community members to call it insensitive in the largely Hispanic district, with officials and activists criticizing the remark as hurtful to students.
- Heidorn said he spent 14 years building his career and told Fox News the fallout was `This process has been professionally and personally devastating and surreal.`, insisting he never meant to make students unsafe.
- School officials placed him on administrative leave in late January and held a hearing, while he also lost a private school coaching position, increasing emotional and financial strain.
- The case revived questions about whether off-duty teacher speech can cost jobs amid the First Amendment free-speech debate and Chicago-area enforcement operations by ICE.
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A longtime Chicago-area gym teacher says he was forced out of his job after posting a two-word message backing federal immigration enforcement, calling the fallout “devastating and surreal.” James Heidorn, a veteran physical education instructor at Gary Elementary School in West Chicago, drew backlash after writing “GO ICE” on Facebook last month. The comment came in response to a news story about local police cooperating with immigration author…
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