Virginia school suspends numerous students after anti-ICE walkout, organizers plan county-wide protest

More than 300 Virginia students person been suspended aft staging a student-led anti-ICE walkout that spilled disconnected field and drew a constabulary effect Friday morning.

Prince William County Public Schools confirmed to Fox News Digital 303 students person been suspended, arsenic of Thursday afternoon.

During the student-led walkout astatine Woodbridge High School, main Heather Abney said students near the gathering to "express their views connected an contented that is important to them." 

In a missive to parents, Abney explained that portion walkouts are a signifier of expression, students did not stay connected schoolhouse grounds and alternatively near campus.

Hundreds of students were suspended aft an anti-ICE walkout astatine Woodbridge High School successful Woodbridge, Va. connected Friday, February 13, 2026. (Google Maps)

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The Prince William County Police Department was called to negociate postulation successful the country and supply supervision.

"We admit your concern arsenic we proceed to prioritize pupil information portion maintaining wide expectations for due behaviour during the schoolhouse day," Abney wrote.

After the suspensions, an Instagram relationship called @pwcs_iceout, which stands for Prince William County Schools ICE OUT, was allegedly launched by students to beforehand different locomotion retired connected Friday.

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"It’s clip to instrumentality a basal and we are grateful to person the accidental to workout our law rights," organizers wrote successful a post. "As the walkout happening connected Friday, February 20th volition beryllium region wide, it’s important to recognize each field has somewhat antithetic layouts and procedures, delight enactment alert for elaborate instructions from america and your section pupil organizers regarding circumstantial meetup spots."

"Rest assured that each schoolhouse administrations person been informed of our plans, truthful participating volition not get you successful trouble," they continued. In effect to a commenter, the relationship clarified that the walkout is not "endorsed oregon approved" by schoolhouse administrators.

Students were instructed to bring posters, flags and speakers to the upcoming walkout.

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Organizers cautioned participants not to "fight, propulsion things oregon origin conflict."

"Peaceful protests are overmuch much almighty arsenic they amusement that your dependable matters, that you basal together, and that the connection is astir the issue, not conflict," they wrote successful different post. "Staying calm and focused allows everyone to beryllium heard safely and makes a bigger interaction successful the agelong run."