Student Protest

Paxton said his office is examining claims that administrators and faculty helped organize the demonstrations.

Hundreds of students walked from campus to city hall to protest federal immigration policy. It was one of several student walkouts across North Texas in recent days, despite a state warning.

Hundreds of Dallas students walked out of Townview magnet school Tuesday morning to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions here and nationwide. It came weeks after the state warned there could be consequences for schools if students hold walkouts.

Students from Calhoun Middle School in Denton participated in a walk out protest opposing ICE operations nationwide.

Students across Fort Worth and Hurst walked out, saying immigration enforcement has put their families and communities on edge.

The Collin County program only accepts "open-minded" first-time offenders with an eligible case and an attorney. Court records show 12 have been accepted and two more have pending applications.

Immigration authorities arrested Leqaa Kordia for allegedly overstaying her visa nearly a year after she attended a pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University.

Attorneys for Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian woman arrested in New Jersey and being detained in an ICE facility in Alvarado, are demanding her release in federal court.

Dozens of students and recent graduates in Texas have had their legal status changed by the U.S Department of State over the last few weeks.

State Rep. Mitch Little also asks UNT to cancel an upcoming presentation by a professor who studies Palestinian history.

As students at the University of North Texas protested federal and state anti-immigration policies, they blended a celebration with demands for justice.

Groups of students from five of the district’s high schools then met at a Chicken Express parking lot on Timberland Boulevard near Timber Creek High School at 10:30 a.m., rallying for their right to have a say in the district’s future. Around 100 students participated.