{"id":120441,"date":"2026-02-02T20:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/120441\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T20:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:01:11","slug":"brooklyn-tech-students-take-part-in-national-shutdown-against-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/120441\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Tech students take part in \u2018national shutdown\u2019 against ICE"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT GREENE AND BARCLAYS CENTER \u2014 ABOUT 500 BROOKLYN TECH STUDENTS, YELLING \u201cMELT THE ICE!\u201d walked out on classes Friday to protest the violent actions of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, reports news website Hellgate<\/a>. The walkout was part of a \u201cnational shutdown,\u201d set for Jan. 30-31, with the slogan: \u201cNo work. No school. No shopping. Stop funding ICE,\u201d according to The Guardian<\/a>. The activists demand that ICE and Customs and Border Protection agents be permanently expelled from U.S. cities and towns in the wake of the high-profile killings of U.S. citizens and the detention of 5-year-old Liam Ramos in Minnesota, who was released this weekend.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Ninth graders at the ethnically-diverse Brooklyn Technical High School organized this local Jan. 30 walkout in the frigid weather that seemed to underscore their message. Students in other grades also participated, marching to Barclays Center, within walking distance from Brooklyn Tech. They also rallied near the Prison Ship Martyrs\u2019 Monument in Fort Greene Park, holding signs they made with slogans like \u201cMelt the ICE!\u201d and \u201cICE is Trump\u2019s gestapo.\u201d<\/p>\n

Faculty members also did a walkout in early December to support the immigrant student body, according to the campus newspaper<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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