Students in San Jose protest ICE, walk out of school

The Brief

  • Hundreds of San Jose high school students walked out of class on Thursday, staging a demonstration in opposition to federal immigration policy.
  • Students from Santa Teresa High School and Oak Grove High School gathered and marched along Snell Avenue.
  • Students said the walkout was organized in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in the Bay Area and to two shootings involving federal agents in Minnesota.

SAN JOSE, Calif Hundreds of San Jose high school students walked out of class on Thursday, staging a demonstration in opposition to federal immigration policy.

Students from Santa Teresa High School and Oak Grove High School gathered and marched along Snell Avenue in south San Jose, a day after hundreds of students in San Leandro did the same thing the day before.

A small group of Santa Teresa students remained outside their campus, chanting slogans including “down with ICE.”

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