Protest yields entrant-policy change - Student march decries Border Patrol presence

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Protest yields entrant-policy change
Student march decries Border Patrol presence
By George B. Sánchez and Dale Quinn
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 11.07.2007

http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/210386

The Tucson Police Department and the Tucson Unified School District no longer
will summon Border Patrol officials or immigration authorities to school grounds,
officials said Tuesday.

The announcement came hours after dozens of students marched against a family's
deportation that played out at two Midtown schools.

Nearly 100 students assembled outside Catalina Magnet High School early
Tuesday and marched Downtown to the Federal Building and eventually
Tucson police headquarters, protesting the process that allowed U.S. Border Patrol
agents onto their campus.

The student march was sparked by the Thursday deportation of a Catalina student
and his family after school officials found a small amount of marijuana in the
boy's backpack. The officials called police, who notified the Border Patrol after
learning that his family was living here illegally. The family's younger son, attending
Doolen Middle School, also was pulled from class and deported.