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‘Stick up for those who can’t’: Concord High students walk out to protest ICE
['Emilia Wisniewski', 'More Emilia Wisniewski', 'Concord Monitor']
Concord Monitor
No teachers are going to stop me.”Junior Chelsea Toenah takes hold of a megaphone and sings “The Star-Spangled Banner” with her Concord High peers on Thursday, Jan. 29. Credit: EMILIA WISNIEWSKI / MonitorOver 100 Concord High School students took over the State House lawn Thursday afternoon, holding signs and shouting to keep Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers out of the state.
They held signs high above their heads for cars to see as they passed by.
A group of students organized the walkout two weeks ago and shared information through social media and student clubs.
Lia Eager, a junior at Concord High, said the idea was born when she talked with a classmate about organizing a protest.
Thirty-two people died in ICE custody last year, the deadlist year for the federal organization since 2004.