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High School Students Stage Walk Out to Protest Immigration Law

Updated: Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 4:58 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 4:58 PM EDT

MABLETON, Ga. - About 100 students walked out of class at a suburban Atlanta high school to protest a new Georgia university system policy that effectively bars illegal immigrant students from the five most competitive state colleges and universities.

The students at Pebblebrook High School in Mableton also protested a new law cracking down on illegal immigration that the governor signed last week.

Dulce Guerrero, a senior who was brought to the U.S. illegally when she was 2, said she wanted to raise awareness of the plight of illegal immigrants who were brought to this country as young children.

It wasn't immediately clear if the students would face any penalty for walking out of class. A woman who answered the phone at the school said the administration had no comment.

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