Farina said the agents, who were ultimately turned away from the school because they didn't have a warrant, were not with US Immigrant and Customs Enforcement.
This was the first time immigration officers visited a school since Mayor Bill de Blasio issued guidelines making it clear that enforcement agents were not wanted.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services spokeswoman Anita Rios Moore said the agents visited the school to inquire information on the student's enrollment but did not ask to see the student.
"Although school visits are not routine in these circumstances, they are not unprecedented", spokeswoman Anita Rios Moore said.
It said the visitors were fraud officers investigating a request for immigration benefits, adding that the officers never sought to question the student, and that they sought only to determine if he was enrolled.
However, they did not ask to speak with the student, who is not the subject of the query, Tichacek said.
It's still unclear as to why exactly the agent was trying to locate the student. But thanks to a citywide policy that allows schools to deny officers entry without a warrant, school officials turned the agent away.
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"Most importantly, the protocols we have put in place to protect immigrant families particularly are not only being reinstated, but they have been instated and will be reinstated over and over again in conjunction with the immigrant coalition".
Nisha Agarwal, commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs, said her staff is in contact with Department of Homeland Security officials.
He followed up Monday morning, saying city officials were at the school "reassuring" both students and parents that "federal immigration officials aren't welcome in NYC schools".
But at an immigration forum on Monday, United Federation of Teachers president Michael Mulgrew said schools officials had to be vigilant.
The incident will be discussed at next week's CDEC 24 meeting at PS 58 that will be held at 6 p.m. She added that the situation is still under investigation.
"We're here to reassure parents that our schools are safe and that our children will be protected to the utmost degree", she said. "Queens schools are to be off-limits to federal immigration agents".
Phillips also described school administrators stepping in to prevent the agents from finding the student. "No parent should have to worry about any unauthorized persons or entities reaching their children while in school".
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