By james art 
Students from North Texas came out of the classrooms and on the streets on Friday to protest against immigration attacks, swinging families, neighborhoods and schools.
About 40 students moved from the Irving high school to the City Hall, with many waving the flags of Mexico and Honduras.
Students said they were afraid and had problems with focusing in class as they were thinking of President Donald Trump’s plans to deport undecocable migrants. They are worried about going home and finding family members.
“We are actually living now-we are in fear,” says 15-year-old Ivy, one of the organizers. She fights nightmares and anxiety.
As many students are minors who fear their families will be directed due to immigration status, The Dallas Morning News uses only names.
Some teenagers said they were initially blocked to leave the campus. The district police stuck the students as they passed through the neighborhood. An employee told the students that they would receive quotes for not using intersections. An employee of ISD ISD on the campus said there was no comment.
Ivy does not believe in the division of families and said that the reason for her leave school until March is simple: “I’m talking about my people.”
Students said they have been walking more than a mile to the mayor’s office because they want local employees to pay attention to their fears.
Trump promised mass deportations and began a purposeful repression of illegal immigration shortly after taking office. His administration has removed guidelines from the Biden era, which restricted the federal arrests of immigration near sensitive places, including schools, hospitals and churches.
At least 84 people have been arrested by ice agents last weekend in several cities in northern Texas, including Dallas, Arlington, Irving, Fort Worth and Garland, a spokesman for US immigration and customs executives in Dallas has confirmed.
In High School, Houston himself in Arlington, about two dozen, students came out of the morning with signs that read: “The school is for education, not for deportation” and “We will not be muted.” They chanted, “Remove ice now.”
Rumors of the onset of raids in jobs, schools and churches escalate daily.
The 16 -year -old Julian said the last two weeks have been horrifying.
“Everyone is scared,” he said. “They don’t want to leave their home. They are even afraid to go to the grocery store. “
Trump has made noise from enforcement orders, including the expansion of military unfolds to the border and restricting the citizenship of firstborn rights for children of the negligent. The last order is temporarily blocked by a judge and can be directed to the court.
“Criminals will no longer be able to hide in schools and churches in America to avoid arrest,” said officers of the Ministry of Internal Security in a statement. “The Trump Administration will not bind the hands of our bold law enforcement agencies and instead trusts them to use common sense.”
A poll published on Thursday by the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs has shown that 60% of texas support has increased immigration. The Republicans were extremely more superficial – 83% of the respondents – compared to 34% of the Democrats.
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Quick immigration -related actions have caused fear among immigrant families in northern Texas, many of which rely on schools as safe spaces within their communities. Teachers are concerned that anger felt by parents and children can make students stay home. Some teenagers said they had noticed classmates who were missing from school.
Arlington Student Christopr said immigrants were falsely attacked as criminals who want to destroy the country.
“People are just trying to work for a better life here, go to work, go to school,” he said.
As he was watching the protest, Sam Houston Juan Villarreal’s director acknowledged how the news of immigration raids had upset many of his students.
“Emotions are a little tall,” he said. “It is our job as teachers to guarantee that students treat dignity and respect.”
Meanwhile, Irving, school officials have warned that students who are leaving the campus without permission will “be subjected to disciplinary measures according to the Code of Conduct of Students.”
“Even if we understand the importance of protecting the problems related to our community, we have to do it in a responsible way, given the consequences of these actions,” Spanish officials wrote in a letter to families. “We want to assure you that schools are safe places for your children.”
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