Students started walking from Lubbock’s Estacado High School on Thursday afternoon, making their way down Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Students said the protest started in reaction to actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement around the country.
“The reason I came out is because I’m a daughter of immigrants. Both of my parents are immigrants,” one student said. “And it breaks my heart, because why are we separating families?”
After Austin students walking out at the end of January were accompanied by vehicles from Austin ISD Police, Gov. Greg Abbott posted on social media that he was calling on the education commissioner to investigate…