Tucson, Arizona - About 900 to 1,000 middle school students and another 300 high school students walked out of classes Friday as demonstrations opposing tougher legislation against illegal immigrants continued here for a third straight day. San Jose, California - At Piedmont Hills High School, about 20 students out of 2,200 walked around campus protesting for about half an hour, then administrators ushered them to class. Mountain View, California - More than 60 students from Los Altos High School left the campus at lunchtime and marched to City Hall in downtown Mountain View carrying banners against immigration bill HR 4437. Six were suspended for arguing with police and security guards, said John Teves, spokesman for the Kern High School District.įresno, California - About 50 middle school students walked out but were rounded up and taken to a truancy center, said police spokesman Jeff Cardinale. "In my opinion, student boycotts of school and other activities on our streets do not produce meaningful immigration reform," said Mahony.īakersfield, California - About 1,000 students marched. About 100 demonstrators gathered briefly in a light rain outside City Hall in Los Angeles, where protests had been promoted for various locations in postings on a popular Internet site.Ĭardinal Roger Mahony, head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, an immigrant rights activist, on Thursday urged students to honor Chavez's legacy by staying in school. Los Angeles, California - Belmont High School students walked out.Ī few small protests took place in Los Angeles and about 15 truancy citations were issued, authorities said. California Highway Patrol officers closed one entrance to the Coronado Bridge to prevent students from blocking traffic on the span over San Diego Bay. No walkouts were reported in the Escondido Unified School District, which Superintendent Edward Nelson credited to open forums held by school administrators, teachers and the students. Administrators decided to shut down schools in the Vista Unified School District and middle schools and high schools in Oceanside High School because of threatened violence.
In North County, about 34,000 students couldn't go to school even if they wanted to Friday because classes were cancelled. A San Diego school district spokesman said about 1,100 students didn't show up for classes Friday, the fifth day that students skipped classes. There were 3 girls from Hoover high arrested early in the morning, and 3 more arrests were made at 25th and Imperial. San Diego, California - A 6,000 strong march of mostly students culminated a week of student walkouts. "Friday school doesn't mean anything to me," Va said. "Our teachers were telling us to go back, but we didn't. "We ran from school, from our teachers," said sixth-grader Rosee Va, 11. Watsonville, California - About 50 Rolling Hills students gathered at the edge of the City Plaza, waving Mexican flags and shouting "Mexico" and "Si se puede." Some said they had walked out of classes and others said they didn't bother to go to school. Lynnwood students say they were inspired by walkouts and protests in Los Angeles and Texas, and since they are the future of America, their voices should be heard. Instead, they got an appointment to meet with him next week. Lynnwood, Washington - Several dozen students walked out of Lynnwood High School Friday and went to Lynnwood's city hall, demanding to meet the mayor. Several of the students in the crowd carried Mexican flags. Police shepherded students down South Street.
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Newburgh, New York - Over 100 students today walked out of Newburgh Free Academy in a show of protest over the proposed immigration bill in Congress.
4437 (The Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005) Student Walk Outs Against New Immigration LawĪ roundup of news reports on student opposition to H.R.
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