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Hundreds of Tacoma high school students walk out to protest ICE
Over 100 students at Stadium High School marched to Wright Park demanding ICE abolition and criticizing the president, part of a wider wave of protests across western Washington.
- On Sunday, more than 100 Stadium High School students walked off campus and marched to Wright Park, Tacoma, Wash., holding signs demanding the government abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- Student groups mobilized under ICE Out and coalition banners, inspiring local actions after federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti and Renee Good earlier this month and organizers called for a Jan. 30 National Shutdown.
- Organizers and students said social media helped draw the crowd, with Christal Bailey handing out whistles, snacks and buttons reading `De-Ice the streets now`.
- Tacoma Public Schools emphasized respect for freedom of speech and assembly, with district spokesperson Tanish Jumper saying it respects peaceful exercise of constitutional rights but did not encourage attendance.
- The walkout is part of a national wave of student protests that has continued beyond Jan. 30, with thousands of middle and high school students sustaining demonstrations and Palm Springs Unified School District students planning a Feb. 9 march.
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Tacoma students walk out of class in protest ICE
By Haze Leviathan and Claire Thomas Tacoma, WA – On Monday, February 2, hundreds of students walked out of Stadium High School and marched to nearby Wright Park to fight back against ICE. Stadium is one of several high schools in the Tacoma area that coordinated a walk-out in protest of ICE on February 2. “I was sick and tired of coming to school every day and hearing my friends talk about how they cry themselves to sleep, afraid that their fami…
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