More than 150 students at Waubonsie Valley High School walked out of class Monday afternoon and took to the streets to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Around 12:45 p.m., after their sixth-period classes, students left the school with signs in hand, chanting and marching on Eola Road, with some walking over three miles to Metea Valley High School.
Waubonsie Valley students join area-wide walkouts
The student-led demonstration is one of several that have taken place in the Chicagoland area over the last few days, condemning ICE operations.
“People come here to start a better life and a better future for their families, and the fact that ICE is tearing that apart isn’t okay,” said 15-year-old Aaliyah Cisneros, one of the organizers…