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Photos: Desert View Students Walkout
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
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Approximately 200 students from Desert View High School marched to the Pima County Sheriff's Department at 1750 E Benson Hwy on May 6 to protest the detention of their classmate, Thomas Torres, who was stopped by a sheriff's deputy on May 2 and was detained until Border Patrol arrived.
Student Walkout
Quiriat Rosas, 17, speaks to the crowd after students from Desert View High School marched to the Pima County Sheriff's Department at 1750 E Benson Hwy on May 6th, 2019 in Tucson, Ariz. Approximately 200 students walked out to protest the detention of their classmate, Thomas Torres, who was stopped by a sheriff's deputy on May 2 and was detained until Border Patrol arrived.
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From left to right, Marcell Ibarra, 18, Daffne Anselmo, 16, and Jamilet Fragoso, 16, comfort each other after talking about their close friend Thomas Torres, a Desert View High School student who was taken into custody by Border Patrol after a traffic stop by a Pima County Sheriff's Department deputy on May 2.
Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily StarStudent Walkout
Approximately 200 students from Desert View High School marched to the Pima County Sheriff's Department at 1750 E Benson Hwy on May 6, 2019 to protest the detention of their classmate, Thomas Torres, who was stopped by a sheriff's deputy on May 2 and was detained until Border Patrol arrived.
Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily StarStudent Walkout
Quiriat Rosas, 17, center with sign, and other students dance to Mexican music after marching from Desert View High School to the Pima County Sheriff's Department at 1750 E Benson Hwy on May 6th, 2019 in Tucson, Ariz. Approximately 200 students walked out to protest the detention of their classmate, Thomas Torres, who was stopped by a sheriff's deputy on May 2 and was detained until Border Patrol arrived.
Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily StarStudent Walkout
Approximately 200 students from Desert View High School marched to the Pima County Sheriff's Department at 1750 E Benson Hwy on May 6th, 2019 in Tucson, Ariz. to protest the detention of their classmate, Thomas Torres, who was stopped by a sheriff's deputy on May 2 and was detained until Border Patrol arrived.
Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily StarStudent Walkout
Approximately 200 students from Desert View High School marched to the Pima County Sheriff's Department at 1750 E Benson Hwy on May 6th, 2019 in Tucson, Ariz. to protest the detention of their classmate, Thomas Torres, who was stopped by a sheriff's deputy on May 2 and was detained until Border Patrol arrived. The owner of BK Tacos heard about the protest and brought Sonoran hot dogs to the students.
Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily StarStudent Walkout
After marching from Desert View High School to the Pima County Sheriff's Department at 1750 E Benson Hwy on May 6, 2019 in Tucson, Ariz., students take a rest.
Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily StarStudent Walkout
Approximately 200 students from Desert View High School marched to the Pima County Sheriff's Department at 1750 E Benson Hwy on May 6th, 2019 in Tucson, Ariz. to protest the detention of their classmate, Thomas Torres, who was stopped by a sheriff's deputy on May 2 and was detained until Border Patrol arrived.
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