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Tensions Over Immigration Debate Amplified In High Schools
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Because of tensions raised during protests over immigration, the principal of a Longmont, Colo. High school has temporarily banned students from displaying flags on school property. (AP Photo)
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The 16-year-old boy was hospitalized with injuries that police said were not believed to be life-threatening. Two teenagers were arrested; police said they did not know whether the suspects had been among the protesters.
In Woodbridge, Va., a Hispanic second grader and kindergarten student were sent home from school for wearing homemade T-shirts that read "Latinos Forever" in Spanish. The elementary principal said he feared the T-shirts would be disruptive, given the widespread student protests.
"How is (a T-shirt) going to disrupt a kindergarten class?" asked Carmen Soriano, the younger boy's mother.
In Las Vegas, police and school officials said at least 3,000 students, drawn together by text messages and cell phone calls, left high schools, middle schools and a community college after the morning bell.
"We're not here to start trouble. We're just here to work," said Marcela Guevara, the 14-year-old daughter of Mexican immigrants.
One student was arrested for carrying a gun but no shots were fired, Las Vegas police Sgt. Chris Jones said.
A few miles away, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales spoke at a meeting of Hispanic publishers. He told reporters the students would be better off letting their voices be heard after school and on weekends.
"The children need to stay in school," Gonzales said.
As many as 3,000 people marched through downtown Fort Smith, Ark., while at least 2,000 protesters, most of them high school students, clogged streets in downtown El Paso, Texas, during a third day of protests there.
In Arizona, about 900 to 1,000 Tucson middle school students and another 300 high school students walked out of classes.
There were only a few small protests in the giant Los Angeles Unified School District, where a week of outcry began with tens of thousands of students leaving classes Monday. The protests waned as police and school authorities, alarmed by several instances of students roaming on freeways, took a tough stand against walkouts.
"The more we come out, the more people will start paying attention to us. We will not stay quiet," said Zaira Mendoza, a junior at Mission Bay High School in San Diego.
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