Teachers Facilitate Anti-ICE Protests in US Schools

Across the United States, teachers in K-12 public schools have increasingly facilitated student protests against federal immigration enforcement under the Trump administration, leading to walkouts, classroom demonstrations, and closures in multiple states over the past several weeks.

In Boston, a teacher recorded first-grade students marching in their classroom while holding signs opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. The video, shared on social media without parental consent, captured the children chanting phrases critical of President Donald Trump. Similar scenes emerged in New York City, where educators were filmed with young students displaying coordinated protest signs against ICE and Trump policies during school hours.

In California, several incidents drew attention. At Cabrillo Middle School in Ventura, the administration supported a schoolwide walkout focused on pro-immigration causes, as reported by a parent on social media. In San Diego, first-grade teacher Bailey Hill Ringer posted a video showing an inverted U.S. flag and an "abolish ICE" sign in her classroom to promote student participation in protests. The San Diego Unified School District...