Virginia Beach students from several high schools participated in student walkouts during the school day Friday to protest recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity across the country, demonstrating growing student activism on immigration issues. WTKR News 3 Erin Holly was at Green Run to cover this demonstration but was not allowed on campus. Last Friday, Erin Holly covered student walkouts in Portsmouth and Chesapeake.
Drone video in the player below showed the full scale of the event:
Virginia high school students hold ICE protest
One Green Run senior who spoke to Erin Holly told her he understands why ICE activities are happening, but doesn’t agree with them.
“I think it’s wrong to some degree–especially what’s happening to certain families,” said the student…