"FORT GREENE AND BARCLAYS CENTER - ABOUT 500 BROOKLYN TECH STUDENTS, YELLING "MELT THE ICE!" walked out on classes Friday to protest the violent actions of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, reports news website Hellgate . The walkout was part of a "national shutdown," set for Jan. 30-31, with the slogan: "No work. No school. No shopping. Stop funding ICE," according to The Guardian ."
"Ninth graders at the ethnically-diverse Brooklyn Technical High School organized this local Jan. 30 walkout in the frigid weather that seemed to underscore their message. Students in other grades also participated, marching to Barclays Center, within walking distance from Brooklyn Tech. They also rallied near the Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument in Fort Greene Park, holding signs they made with slogans like "Melt the ICE!" and "ICE is Trump's gestapo.""
About 500 Brooklyn Technical High School students walked out of classes to protest alleged violent actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The walkout joined a national shutdown on Jan. 30-31 using the slogan “No work. No school. No shopping. Stop funding ICE.” Activists demanded that ICE and Customs and Border Protection be permanently expelled from U.S. cities and towns, citing high-profile killings and the detention of 5-year-old Liam Ramos in Minnesota. Ninth graders organized the local action; students marched to Barclays Center and rallied in Fort Greene Park with signs such as “Melt the ICE!” and “ICE is Trump’s gestapo.” Faculty staged a prior walkout in early December in support of immigrant students.
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