FERMIN VAZQUEZ: My name is Fermin Vazquez. I'm a senior at Bauman High School. A group of friends and I decided to walk out of school after first period, because we are opposed to the law that is currently being discussed in the Senate called HR 4437.
KATIE DELGADO: My name is Katie Delgado. I go to Renaissance Academy. Students in L.A. County who walked out believe that the Sensenbrenner bill is utterly, like, unconstitutional and just wouldn't work. It would make criminals out of families. It would make criminals out of our families and our relatives. And it would make felons, actually, out of anyone who helped immigrants, illegal immigrants, in any way. And seeing that 73% of the [inaudible] is Latino, obviously a majority of our school system is going to walk out. The majority of the kids here are going to walk out, because this affects all of us, and that affects all of our families. And this type of thing is not going to go over easily in L.A.
LENO SILVA: My name’s Leno Silva, and I attend Woodrow Wilson High School, which is located in East Los Angeles. Many of the high schools that are located in Los Angeles and many other states [inaudible], the high rate is basically undocumented students. For example, we could have, like L.A. High, they have a high percentage of undocumented students. Wilson High School, we also have a high percentage of undocumented students. And this is affecting students, because if we cannot have an education in the United States, then what's the point of our families coming down to live a so-called American dream?
SARAH: My name is Sarah, and I attend Montabello High School. We walked out today, basically because of the proposition for HR 4437. We feel like -- well, we felt the need to come over here, because, you know, we had to support people over here. They’ve been sleeping here for four nights in a row, you know, in the rain, through the cold and everything. And we just think that's so great, so we came out to support.
CHRISTOPHER ALDREAR: My name is Christopher Aldrear. I'm 16 years old, and I attend Wilson High School. And I think the walkouts are very important, because as young Latinos in our community, we all face this problem, and it will affect all of us in a major way. So, personally, I think that Latinos are not doing this just to ditch school. We're doing this because we’re trying to make a difference. We're trying to be heard, you know?
Today, I attended a walkout, and it was very peaceful. And I had students coming up to me. They were telling me, “Man, what about -- what if they take my parents from me? I'm going stay here by myself, because I was born here.” And, you know, what is that? You know, the government should realize this. The government realizes this, and, you know, for some reason they're showing that they don't care. And a lot of students are walking out. My family immigrated here from Mexico. And, you know, I’m doing it for my family, I’m doing it for my friends, you know? It's going to affect all of us in a major, major way, because we're the future generation. We're the next doctors. We're the next lawyers. We're the next all that, and if we don't stand up for it and try to do something for it, then who will? You know, who will? Honestly.
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