Student protesters shut down Arizona Senate with anti-ICE demonstration at Capitol

By: Caitlin Sievers

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: January 29, 2026

Words: 753

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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A crowd of more than 100 Phoenix high school students walked out of their schools on Wednesday and headed to the Arizona Capitol, where they marched while holding pithy anti-immigration enforcement signs and chanting anti-ICE slogans. The state Senate responded by locking the doors.

The students from Carl Hayden, Betty Fairfax and Central high schools told the Arizona Mirror that they organized and carried out the protest themselves to stand up for their community in …

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