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Students staged peaceful Feb. 9 walkouts over immigration enforcement; board praised safety response
Summary
Student board member Leslie Aguilar Hernandez told the Palm Springs Unified Board that students across the district marched Feb. 9 to protest immigration enforcement; the board praised the peaceful protest and district security for keeping students safe.
Students from several Palm Springs Unified high schools staged a peaceful walkout on Feb. 9 to protest the presence of immigration enforcement in the valley, student board member Leslie Aguilar Hernandez told the board at its Feb. 10 meeting. "We are not criminals. We are dreamers," she said, describing the demonstrations as nonviolent and organized by high school students across the district.
Why it matters: The walkout raised questions about student safety, free-speech rights on campus and how…
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