Student protests erupt in LA over Trump administration’s immigration policies

• Protests broke out in Southern California as hundreds of students from Los Angeles County schools walked out Tuesday to rally against the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Marching to City Hall, they held signs reading “Keep Families Together” and “Immigrants Make America Great.”
• Students voiced support for immigrant workers and expressed concerns about friends fearing ICE raids.
• ICE has arrested over 8,200 undocumented immigrants as part of its ongoing deportation efforts.

Protests have erupted in Southern California in recent days over the Trump administration’s immigration policies and deportation plans. Hundreds of students from several Los Angeles County schools walked out of class Tuesday, Feb. 4, to protest in front of City Hall.

Just before noon local time, students marched, held signs and carried the Mexican and U.S. flags. Some signs read, “Keep Families Together” and “Immigrants Make America Great.”

“We’re just here to, like, speak our voice for our parents who can’t come out,” one student said. “They come from another country, and we just want to come out here and just like speak for them.”

Other students said they were protesting in support of immigrant workers, while some expressed concern for their friends who live in fear of being raided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

The Los Angeles Police Department ordered the crowd of students to disperse around 4 p.m.

President Trump and his “border czar,” Tom Homan, have promised mass deportations. Those plans are currently underway.

ICE agents have arrested 8,276 migrants who were living in the country without proper documentation, according to numbers posted to the agency’s official X account.