03.29.06
Pasadena students protest immigration legislation
Students in suburbs join mass protest
– reported by KHOU CBS Channel 11
(includes video)
Students from several school districts outside of Houston held marches and rallies to protest proposed immigration laws Tueday.
About 500 students from Pasadena ISD schools joined in the mass protest.
The majority were from Pasadena High School, but students from Sam Rayburn and South Houston also joined in the rally at Pasadena City Hall.
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Fourteen students were arrested by Pasadena police. One student was arrested on assault charges, one for resisting arrest, five for disorderly conduct and seven for curfew violations.
Some students also rocked a police car and spraypainted it with graffiti.
Pasadena ISD officials say the other students will either be given detention or assigned to write a paper about why they were protesting. But they say curfew violations will be strictly enforced if the protests continue after today.
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XXX said,
February 13, 2008 at 5:12 pm
I AM AN STUDENT FROM PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL AND UP TO THIS DAY I DO NOT REGRET WALKING OUT OF MY SCHOOL. WE DID IT WITH GOOD INTENTIONS AND TO SUPPOSRT OUR BELIEVES. THI IS A FREE COUNTRY AND WE WER PROTESTING PEACEFULLY. UNFURTUNETELY THEY DID PUNISH US BUT IT’S OKAY BECAUSE WE DID IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS AND NOT JUST. HOPEFULLY ONE DAY THIS COMMUNITY WOULD GIVE A LITTLE MORE PROMPTS TO THE IMMIGRANTS AND DECIDE TOHEL US OUT