Roughly 150 Riverside Brookfield High School students walked out of their classes Friday afternoon to march to Brookfield’s Eight Corners, protesting the tactics of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
As the students streamed eastward along Washington Avenue, holding up signs that displayed their disdain for ICE, drivers sounded their horns in support. That blare only increased when they reached the roundabout at Eight Corners.
“Little kids shouldn’t have to run away from ICE agents and fear for their parents to not come back home,” said student Jazlyn Trujillo, holding a small megaphone that she raised from time to time to urge her fellow students on.
“That’s why I organized this, because I want people to know that I’m not okay with this, and I wanted to start this movement so people would know how corrupt the government is and to tell people from other countries that the people in Brookfield do not support this.”…