Student organizer Ryan Clifton said the walkout was planned in solidarity with local families impacted by immigration enforcement actions.

The Virginia school is one of many across the country that have seen students walk out in protest of actions taken amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Multiple states have moved to tighten protest rules and increase police powers. But these laws aren’t adequately balancing public safety with human rights.

I’d come to watch precisely because no one of Roan’s stature had been slated to play what have been, to date, the American music world’s only major communal performances in response to the conflict between Israel and Palestine.

Hundreds of Lawrence community members lined Massachusetts Street on Friday afternoon for an “ICE Out” protest led by Haskell Indian Nations University students. Many Haskell students said they showed up to protest after hearing fellow students had an encounter with immigration agents.

Haskell Indian Nations University students and community members on Friday protested the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Lawrence after sightings were confirmed on

Delhi taxi operators to protest at Jantar Mantar on Feb 28 over fares, e-challans

Students at a South Western high school say the administration responded badly to an ICE protest, but district says it acted to keep students safe.