ICE said Friday that a report by a Telemundo station in Puerto Rico about a family being detained in Milwaukee was "completely false."

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.

A Puerto Rican family, including a toddler, was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Milwaukee after being overheard speaking Spanish; this incident is the latest in a surge of racial profiling concerns amid Trump's immigration crackdown.