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Houston High School Students Protest ICE, Defy Attempts to Restrict Free Speech (world-outlook.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/43166102

Similar Student Protests Spread in Dozens of U.S. Cities on February 6

February 9, 2026

On Friday, February 6, 2026, students at Bellaire High School in Houston, Texas, walked out as part of a coordinated regional effort involving several area schools, including Cypress Falls and Conroe High Schools, to protest operations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) amid fears that its agents will be allowed onto school property to detain students and their families.

The Houston Chronicle article reproduced below on the Bellaire walkout conveys important developments in the fight to oppose deportations across the United States.

The widespread high-school student walkouts on January 30 are now being followed by new and similar grassroots initiatives at schools around the country.

Organized locally, these protests show that high school students are not waiting for others to prompt them into action. They’re taking initiatives that can help build a nationwide movement to oppose the anti-immigrant crackdown.

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[–] yonderbarn@lazysoci.al 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Kids have more courage than the Democratic establishment

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Its true. If you support ICE yo momma a hoe.

[–] Aeri@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

You know is it actually based as hell for school-age children to protest? When you think about it they're in a weird prime position.

The worst that can happen is the school will be mad at you, and with the perspective of a full-fledged adult, who gives a shit what the school thinks.

When you're an adult you can't easily go to protest sometimes because admittedly you have to go to work or lose a job house and so on and so forth, but high schoolers can just go fuck it we ball.