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ICE Protest Draws 200 Abington High Students
About 200 Abington students spent an hour on Wednesday protesting ICE activity in Minnesota and throughout the country, officials said.
ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA — About 200 Abington Senior High School students turned out on Wednesday to protest ICE activity in Minnesota and throughout the nation.
Abington for Peace reported that there were no incidents, at least 200 students participated, and they missed a total of one hour of school.
"Our community is very proud of them," Abington For Peace said.
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State Rep. Ben Sanchez said that he and his wife, Karen, "could not be more proud of our teenagers, including our own two daughters and all of the youth in our community" who participated in the walkout protest of ICE at Abington Senior High School, which was not a school-sanctioned event.
"We're proud of them all for conducting a peaceful protest and exercising their constitutional rights under the First Amendment," Sanchez said. "We're inspired by their spirit to stand up and speak out for what's right. And they undertook this on their own, by themselves, without coaching or pressure from adults. Our youth are telling us something about how we've been treating people in this country, and we should listen."
(Abington For Peace)
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