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Hundreds of students walk out of North Central to protest ICE

by Brett Phelps, Mirror Indy
February 2, 2026

<h1>Hundreds of students walk out of North Central to protest ICE</h1> <p class="byline">by Brett Phelps, Mirror Indy <br />February 2, 2026</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260202_Protest_BP_12-1024x674.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-72767" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Students from North Central High School protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement efforts during a walkout on Feb. 2, 2026, at the intersection of East 86th Street and Westfield Boulevard in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide"> <div class="wp-block-column"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260202_Protest_BP_36-e1770068241583-1024x687.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-72791" /></figure> </p></div> <div class="wp-block-column"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260202_Protest_BP_35-1024x708.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-72790" /></figure> </p></div> </p></div> <figure class="wp-block-image alignfull size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260202_Protest_BP_02-e1770069818629.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-72757" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260202_Protest_BP_16-1024x719.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-72771" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260202_Protest_BP_22-1024x698.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-72777" /></figure> <details class="wp-block-details"> <summary>In addition to holding protests, students from North Central and six other central Indiana schools released a letter. Read it here.</summary> <div class="wp-block-file"><object class="wp-block-file__embed" data="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/INHS-Abolice-ICE-Walkouts.pdf" type="application/pdf" style="width:100%;height:600px" aria-label="PDF embed"></object></div> </details> <figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260202_Protest_BP_29.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-72784" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260202_Protest_BP_19-1024x675.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-72774" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260202_Protest_BP_11-1024x670.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-72766" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260202_Protest_BP_26.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-72781" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-full"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260202_Protest_BP_06.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-72761" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260202_Protest_BP_31-1024x677.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-72786" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260202_Protest_BP_41-1024x650.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-72796" /></figure> <div class="wp-block-columns alignfull"> <div class="wp-block-column"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260202_Protest_BP_15-1024x691.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-72770" /></figure> </p></div> <div class="wp-block-column"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260202_Protest_BP_17-1024x686.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-72772" /></figure> </p></div> </p></div> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260202_Protest_BP_34-1024x685.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-72789" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260202_Protest_BP_37-1024x684.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-72792" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260202_Protest_BP_08-1024x673.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-72763" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20260202_Protest_BP_28-1024x684.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-72783" /></figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/hundreds-of-students-walk-out-of-north-central-to-protest-ice/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org&quot;&gt;Mirror Indy&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-Mirror-Indy-square-logo-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=72747&amp;amp;ga4=G-X0R0QW371R&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mirrorindy.org/hundreds-of-students-walk-out-of-north-central-to-protest-ice/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mirrorindy.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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