The rumor circulated at the same time as reports of ICE raids in Puerto Rican and Dominican communities in New Jersey.

Elected officials and Milwaukee immigration advocates say they are working to authenticate the incident but have few details to go on.

A toddler, his mother, and his grandmother—all American citizens—were detained and taken to an immigration detention center by U.S. officials in Milwaukee after they were overheard speaking Spanish, according to a Monday report by Telemundo Puerto Rico.

Three members of an American family were picked up and hauled to a detention center in Milwaukee - all because they were heard speaking Spanish. The elderly woman, along with her daughter and baby grandson - who wish to remain anonymous out of fear - were shopping at a department store,