{"id":8339,"date":"2026-02-10T13:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=8339"},"modified":"2026-02-10T13:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:02:14","slug":"students-organize-anti-ice-walkout-in-utrgv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/10\/students-organize-anti-ice-walkout-in-utrgv\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Organize Anti-ICE Walkout in UTRGV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ICEFINAL_mixdown.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">On Feb. 2, Education senior Austin Garza and philosophy junior Diego Alejo led a protest against ICE raids and the Trump administration on the Edinburg and Brownsville campuses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Be the Hero Walkout initiated in the Bronc trail by the Liberal Arts North building on the Edinburg campus and outside of the Main Building on the Brownsville campus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A student participant requested to remain anonymous said this walkout is important since UTRGV is a part of a border community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cA lot of the action is going to happen around the border communities. So we&#8217;re not gonna be the only city that is gonna be targeted by ice agents, by all of this border patrol, states, like federal agents and stuff, like, we&#8217;re not gonna be the only city,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Abigail Beaver theater freshman said she has seen ICE raids happening in the Valley and other states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cThey get deported somewhere completely different,\u201d Beaver said. \u201cSomewhere they don&#8217;t even have family yet. That&#8217;s completely inhumane, that should stop.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alejo said ICE raids are a big issue that is going on in the U.S.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cLike none of us should have to deal with this or seeing families get taken,\u201d Alejo said. \u201cI just had a friend whose dad just got taken.\u201d \u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He said living in the Valley fluctuates his perspective on immigration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cYou see people immigrate here, legally and even they, face persecution, or you see people here come here illegally in big groups, always looking for help,\u201d Alejo said. \u201cAnd I mean, they&#8217;re still our relatives, we&#8217;re still all the same race at the end of the day.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Feb. 2, Education senior Austin Garza and philosophy junior Diego Alejo led a protest against ICE raids<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":8340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[569,32,13,16],"tags":[27,68,44,194,26],"class_list":["post-8339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic","category-breaking-news","category-brownsville","category-edinburg","tag-brownsville","tag-edinburg","tag-news","tag-spring","tag-utrgv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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