Texas Students Protest ICE Despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s Threats

Students in more than three dozen states have walked out of class to protest federal immigration enforcement, staging demonstrations from Salt Lake County to Maine and Maryland. At a high school in Sunnyside, Wash., classmates lined a parking lot with hand-drawn posters; one sign read, "We are skipping our lesson to teach you one." In Texas, where more than half of public school students are Hispanic, Republican leaders have warned of steep consequences.

Gov. Greg Abbott suggested state funding could be stripped from districts and said students who are disorderly should be arrested; the Texas Education Agency warned that districts found to have facilitated walkouts could be taken over. "Schools and staff who allow this behavior should be treated as co-conspirators," Mr.

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