In a Feb. 16 post<\/a> on X, Jack Windsor, editor-in-chief of TheOhioPressNetwork.com<\/a>, shared a photo identifying the woman as Selena McKnight, an academic counselor at Olentangy High School in Lewis Center, Ohio, about 30 minutes from Columbus.\u00a0<\/p>\n McKnight appears in the photo holding a sign that says, “You can’t love God and ICE.”\u00a0<\/p>\n Iowa City residents gather on Jan. 11, 2026, at the Pentacrest to protest ICE. (Jessica Rish\/Press-Citizen \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)<\/p>\n While the full sign is not completely visible in the image, it also appears to reference Exodus 22:21, which states, “Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt.”<\/p>\n She is pictured alongside what appears to be other students.<\/p>\n Windsor reported in his post that the walkout divided students and made some uncomfortable.<\/p>\n Olentangy Schools told Fox News Digital that on Feb. 12, there was “a student-led, voluntary walkout<\/a>,” at Olentangy High School.\u00a0<\/p>\n One student in the photo held a sign that said, “Fight ignorance, not immigrants.”<\/p>\n Ohio Republican state Rep. Beth Lear reacted to the counselor’s sign<\/a>, saying it indicated a lack of knowledge of the Bible in schools, while popular right-wing X account Libs of TikTok fumed she was “getting paid with YOUR tax dollars to indoctrinate students to protest against ICE.”<\/p>\n VIRAL VIDEO SHOWS ANTI-ICE SCHOOL WALKOUT TEENS INVADING KROGER, HURLING OBJECTS: ‘OUGHT TO BE PROSECUTED’<\/a><\/p>\n Anti-ICE “rapid responders” use whistles to warn residents as federal immigration agents raid a house on Jan. 13, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minn. (Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n Another sign in the picture read, “Stop the violence,<\/a>” while another sign said, “Hard 2B persistent when you tryin to fight for your existence.”\u00a0<\/p>\n Protests over ICE have escalated after the <\/a>death of Renee Nicole Good<\/a>, who was shot and killed on Jan. 7 by an ICE agent after she allegedly attempted to ram an officer with her vehicle after refusing to exit it. Protests against federal agents<\/a> have continued to escalate since Alex Pretti was shot and killed on Jan. 24.<\/p>\n In January, ICE reported<\/a> that it has had an over 1,300% increase in assaults, a 3,200% increase in vehicle attacks aimed at officers and an 8,000% increase in death threats.\u00a0<\/p>\n TRUMP DHS HAMMERS DEM GOVERNOR\u2019S PORTAL TO TRACK ICE AGENTS: ‘ENCOURAGES VIOLENCE’<\/a><\/p>\n An ICE officer suffered multiple injuries after being dragged by the vehicle of an illegal alien evading arrest in Texas. (ICE)<\/p>\n Olentangy Schools told Fox News Digital<\/a> in a statement that, “On February 12, 2026, a student-led, voluntary walkout of students occurred at Olentangy High School. The walkout was not organized, sponsored, or sanctioned by the school or district. School staff did not participate in the walkout.”<\/p>\n Olentangy Schools added that they strive “to comply with all laws, court opinions, and Board policies that require our district and staff to maintain neutrality about political issues<\/a>. Our employees are prohibited from engaging in political activity at school or during work-related activities.\u202fViolations are addressed according to Board policy.”\u00a0<\/p>\n Fox News Digital reached out to McKnight for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Protesters](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/anti-ice-protest-iowa.jpg\")
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