FORT WORTH — The Fort Worth Independent School District launched an investigation into a social media comment allegedly made by a substitute teacher, a board member said, calling for immigration enforcement officers to visit North Side High School.

The post comes after the Trump administration threw out immigration protections for schools and stepped up Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests. 

A screen grab of the now-viral social media post on X shows a comment to ICE that states, "Y'all should come to Fort Worth, TX to Northside High School. I have many students that don't even speak English." 

The account that made the post has been made private and CBS News Texas has been unable to verify it.

Fort Worth ISD responded quickly, as did many families who have children attending North Side High School, where 93% of the students identify as Hispanic or Latino.

"There is a trust between the educator and the students," said Fort Worth Council member Carlos Flores, whose district includes North Side High School. "With this controversial and very inappropriate tweet: that's broken that trust. So I understand why people are hurt and concerned about it."

In a letter to students and parents, Fort Worth ISD said the district is actively investigating the post, is committed to the safety of its students and does not keep track of immigration status information for students or families.

"Students can still go to school and have a safe place to learn," said Flores. "That's vital, that's important, Fort Worth ISD will continue to provide that."

Flores asked families to let the investigation play out.

"We shouldn't be overly concerned about speculation, about what the federal government may do," Flores said.   

Viral post sparks shock, fear among FWISD students

Students told CBS News Texas on Monday that they are shocked by the post and debated going to school out of fear their high school could be targeted.

"I want to feel safe in places that I know I should," one unnamed student said.

Fernando Raga is a counselor at the school and said a majority of students identify as Hispanic or Latino, and even knows of some who did not come to school Monday.

"I know this little girl, she's a teenager, she's about 16," Raga said. "And she hasn't wanted to come out of her house ... They come to school to get a better life. And now they don't want to do that because they're afraid."

Ashley Tolliver with the organization Parent Shield said educators are now concerned about attendance.  

"I fear that soon we may end up actually having such a low attendance rate in our school because the majority of our schools are Hispanic Latinos," Tolliver said.