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

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

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.