Students from at least six Salt Lake County schools walked out Friday in protest.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Olympus High Students walk out of school in Holladay to protest ICE, on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026.
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Hundreds of Salt Lake County students walked out of class Friday to protest the ongoing immigration enforcement crackdown under President Donald Trump’s administration.
The walkouts came a week after many other schools also walked out on Friday, Jan. 31, as part of a national general strike that called for no school and no work in protest of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
At Skyline High School this Friday, students planned to march west at about 11:20 a.m. toward Big Cottonwood Regional Park, where they intended to meet up with other student protesters from Olympus High School.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Olympus High Students walk out of school in Holladay to protest ICE, on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026.
“As high school students, we just don’t tend to have a big place to share our voices, and this is something that’s incredibly important to us,” said 15-year-old Skyline student Leo Mildon. “We want to show that we are not standing for what is going on with ICE.”
Students at Highland and Cottonwood high schools also participated, but marched to different locations.
At private Judge Memorial Catholic High School, students planned to walk out, too, then march to Sunnyside Park, a student organizer said.
And in West Valley City, students who walked out of Granger High School late Friday morning could be seen gathering for a protest at West Valley City Park.
Leo said many of his Skyline peers who come from immigrant families are living in a constant state of fear.
“And their parents, who are immigrants, legally, are worried about being taken out of the country that they are legally in,” he said.
He added that he’s disappointed in adults, because he feels like they aren’t doing enough to stand up to ICE.
“This is our way of showing that we just don’t approve of that, he added. ”We want change and we want it now.”
(Palak Jayswal | The Salt Lake Tribune) Students from local schools protest against ICE involvement in Murray, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026.
Skyline as well as Olympus, Cottonwood and Granger high schools are all part of Granite School District, where officials this week reminded families and students that protesting counts as an unexcused absence.
“Schools and staff do not and should not encourage walkouts or disruptions to the school day,” Superintendent Ben Horsley said in a video message emailed to students and families Thursday afternoon.
“But we also can’t prevent students from choosing to participate in a protest if it’s done peacefully,” he added. “These are not excused absences.”
Separately on Friday afternoon, a crowd gathered on the south steps of the Utah Capitol to protest immigration enforcement.