AZ: Students protest immigration situation

I was wandering around downtown Tucson when I came across a protest in front of the federal building. Hundreds of area students walked out of classes and came down there to protest the immigrant situation and action in Washington...

Telemundo Arizona and the local Fox affiliate were there. I got some video clips too that I will put up later. More coverage of protest actions in Arizona can be found on Arizona Indymedia.

I might put more before I get back but likely not.

arizona daily star: Student throngs here walk out for 2nd day
Nearly 1,200 join demonstrations By Daniel Scarpinato and Jeff Commings
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 03.31.2006

At least 1,150 students from across the city walked out of class Thursday and marched through the streets, the second straight day of protests against a national effort to strengthen border security and crack down on illegal immigration.
School officials and police officers rushed to manage the situation, delivering water, clearing streets and brainstorming ways to prevent the walkouts from continuing as classwork took a back seat to activism.
Those who walked out came from at least 18 schools. Groups of 100 or more students came from Catalina, Flowing Wells, Palo Verde and Tucson high schools. Elementary- and middle-schoolers also joined in the protests, with the largest group from Pistor Middle School.
The actions followed similar efforts in Phoenix, Los Angeles and San Diego as a divided Congress embarks on possibly changing immigration policy.

Posted by HongPong at April 1, 2006 12:14 PM
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