A California school district has expunged a high school junior’s record nearly two months after she was suspended for posting pro-ICE flyers, according to a nonprofit representing the student.
The district decided to clear the student’s record of any wrongdoing after outrage over the suspension went viral on social media, a free-speech rights organization contacted the district on the school’s behalf, and RealClearPolitics reached out to the district for comment.
On Feb. 6, hundreds of students at San Diego’s Torrey Pines High School held a mid-school-day walkout to protest ICE and U.S. immigration enforcement policy. Students held posters conveying their condemnation, which included statements such as, “Fuck ICE,” “ICE is KKK spelled differently,” and “If You’re an ICE Agent, Ya Mom’s a Hoe!!”
No disciplinary actions were taken against those students. Yet two weeks later, the school suspended a student for posting pro-ICE flyers reading “We love [with a heart visual] ICE – Real Americans.” The school claimed the flyers constituted “harassment” and “intimidation,” according to the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, or FIRE, which contacted the school on the student’s behalf.
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