Students, advocates in metro Atlanta walk out for nationwide strike in protest of ICE killings

Protesters march through downtown Atlanta carrying signs
Protesters march through downtown Atlanta on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, carrying signs in protest of an ICE officer's shooting of a Minnesota woman. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

Students at schools and colleges across metro Atlanta participated in walkouts on Friday as part of a nationwide strike in response to federal immigration agents killing two people in Minnesota this month.

The strike calls for a day of no work, no school and no shopping.

On Friday morning, more than 100 students walked out of Stephenson High School in DeKalb County in protest of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents killing U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.