{"id":106358,"date":"2026-01-20T21:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T21:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/106358\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T21:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T21:13:08","slug":"nyc-students-and-teachers-union-plan-walkout-to-protest-ice-raids-across-the-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/106358\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC students and teachers\u2019 union plan walkout to protest ICE raids across the nation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A protestor in NYC makes their opinion known about ICE during a protest for Renee Good who was shot and killed by an ICE agent.<\/p>\n

Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n

Parents and teachers are reacting to students\u2019 planned walkout of NYC schools on Friday to protest the country\u2019s ongoing ICE raids<\/a> and stand in solidarity with the people of Minnesota.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Get Free America is leading the citywide student protest on Jan. 23. The self-described \u201cyouth-led movement\u201d is encouraging both high school and college students to join the morning walkout, which will coincide with a similar protest happening in Minnesota. Organizers said the walkout is also in protest of the fatal shooting of Renee Good by ICE agents<\/a> in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re walking out of school to free NYC and free America from slave patrols 2.0, from Trump-Crow and from white supremacy,\u201d a social media post from the organizers states. \u201cThe MAGA regime is unleashing modern day slave patrols on our communities, terrorizing Black, brown and immigrant communities from Minneapolis and Memphis to LA and DC to Chicago and Charlotte. Now they are threatening to escalate attacks on New York City.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although many parents and teachers respect the students\u2019 concerns about the killing of Good and the ongoing ICE raids, they also said the students should remain in class that day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents should focus on learning,\u201d Rich Candia, a retired NYC school teacher, told amNewYork. \u201cAnd if they want to protest, it should be on their own personal time and not impede the school day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another New Yorker, Patricia Borello Foggin, said she \u201cabsolutely does not\u201d support students leaving class to protest.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the schools shouldn\u2019t allow it,\u201d she said.\n<\/p>\n

A request for comment was sent to both NYC Public Schools and the City University of New York to find out if administrators were aware of the pending walkout and whether or not they support it. amNewYork is awaiting responses from both entities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

UFT organizes the walkout<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), NYC\u2019s teachers\u2019 union, issued an emergency resolution<\/a> to demonstrate in solidarity with Minneapolis teachers during the protest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe UFT will call for an emergency demonstration and day of action here in New York, in solidarity with our fellow unionists and with students, faculty, staff, and immigrant communities in Minnesota on Friday, January 23rd,\u201d the union said.<\/p>\n

amNewYork contacted the UFT for more comment on the walkout and is awaiting a response.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

It is not clear right now if any public school teachers plan to participate in the walkout. However, \u00a0Get Free held at least one \u201ctraining session\u201d for students who want to participate in the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just held our first student walkout training! Students are organizing. Learning their rights and preparing to walk out this Friday,\u201d the organizers wrote in a post.\n<\/p>\n

It is unclear if the protest training was held during school hours.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Although Jan. 23 is a school day, many students will be busy taking the Regents exams, which are being administered this week.\n<\/p>\n

Protecting Freedom of Speech<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, many parents in New York City, upon hearing about the walkout, said they will make sure their children remain in class that day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMy child is there to learn, not participate in protests, peaceful or otherwise,\u201d Dawn Marie, a mother from Staten Island, said. \u201cI have no issues with standing up for your beliefs, and my children are taught to do so; however, do it on your own time, not time designated for education.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zhena Revich, of the Upper West Side, echoed a similar sentiment.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cSchools are for unbiased education, and the safety of the students is their only job. They want to March they can do that outside of school and work hours,\u201d she said.\n<\/p>\n

But another NYC educator said the best way to learn more about something, including the country\u2019s protected First Amendment of free speech, is to take a hands-on approach.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat better way to understand something than to use it? The right to protest is best learned by using,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A protestor in NYC makes their opinion known about ICE during a protest for Renee Good who was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2397,67,10022,9,56,63,65,64,8229,613,36904,48132],"class_list":["post-106358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-cuny","tag-education","tag-ice-protests","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-nyc-public-schools","tag-pm-newsletter","tag-uft","tag-united-federal-of-teachers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}