Watching Denver adults cheer a student walkout is peak Colorado: teach kids civics by skipping class, then act shocked when the test scores crater. Colorado Newsline says more than 1,000 students walked out and marched from the Capitol to La Alma-Lincoln Park on Friday to protest federal immigration enforcement.
Alongside the march, some school schedules shifted and some metro-area districts closed campuses, and multiple Denver-area businesses shut down for the day as part of a national “ICE Out” campaign and general strike.
The Bullet Point Brief
- Demonstrators gathered at La Alma-Lincoln Park in Denver on Friday afternoon to protest immigration enforcement crackdowns.
- The protest included over 1,000 local students who walked out and marched from the Capitol to the park.
- Denver Public Schools had a two-hour delay at six schools; Aurora Public Schools and Adams County School District 14 closed campuses.
- Dozens of Denver-area businesses closed for the day as part of the strike.
- Elected Democrats and activists used the moment to push for changes to ICE, including calls to abolish it and proposals like body cameras and mask bans.
My Bottom Line
If you want to protest, protest. This is America, not a permanent group project. But let’s not pretend shutting down schools and small businesses is some sacred sacrament of “justice” that carries no cost.
Here’s the part they skip: when adults normalize walkouts as a first response, kids learn the lesson that feelings beat responsibilities. That is not activism. That’s training wheels for entitlement.
If the cause is so solid, it should survive a normal workday.
Translated: real accountability means clear rules, transparent enforcement, and consequences for bad conduct, not vibes, slogans, or whichever agency you want to delete this week.
If ICE needs reform, then write the reforms, pass them, and enforce them. But it doesn’t. For the left, this, like everything, is a chance for performative politics. If someone thinks abolition is the answer, they should also explain who’s doing the job next and how, because reality doesn’t take petitions.
And for the love of common sense, keep kids in class. Teach them how to argue, how to vote, how to verify claims, and how to build a life. Walkouts make headlines. Competence makes a future.
