DOWNEY — Hundreds of students poured out of Warren and Downey High School and marched to city hall at noon on Thursday to protest the mass deportation of immigrants lacking permanent legal status. The demonstration was organized by Rally The Youth Organization, a group led by seniors at the two high schools.
The co-presidents of the group, Daniel Arias and London Blanco, from Warren High School coordinated with Ulysses Ayala, from Downey High School to organize the walkout of over 400 students combined.
“We want to bring local awareness to people in the local area, in the city of Downey,” said Arias. ”We want to spread awareness to the city council. So hopefully we start at a local level and move to the county, and then the state…