Latina Lista: Latino Student Commits Suicide After School Officials Threaten Punishments for Participating in School Walkouts

“The recent marches for immigration reform across the nation are leaving everyone with a natural high in believing that people actually do have a voice in a democracy — everyone but high school and middle school students.

Though it’s natural that these children, some who have acted as their parents’ translators and balance their daily lives between the old and new cultures, and all who are in the formative stages of expressing pride in who they are and where they come from, would want to take to the streets to voice their support for their families and the greater Latino community.”

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