TIMONIUM, Md. — Students at Dulaney High School in Timonium walked out of classes in protest after Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained the father of one of their classmates on Monday.
Wilson Martinez, a senior at Dulaney High School, said his brother alerted him that something was wrong and told him to go to their father's last known location.
"Once I arrived at where his work van was stationed, there was nobody anywhere around it, and his phone wasn't there. When I opened his passenger door, all I saw was his warm breakfast that he had just got from Wawa, which actually it turns out that they had followed him from Wawa," Martinez said.
Students at Dulaney High School walked out in solidarity after their classmate's father was detained by ICE. Hear from the student about the community support
Martinez said when he found out what happened, his heart dropped and that he was angry, upset, and disappointed. However, he added that his school rallying around his family has helped lift his spirits.
"It's honestly such a really heartwarming feeling for us to know that we're supported by so many people around us, like people that we've never even talked to before, we've never met. They've reached out, offered their help, offered their services, offered food, anything we need, just give them a call," Martinez said.
Martinez and his family believe his father is being held at an ICE facility in Louisiana. He said they are talking with several lawyers about their next steps.
The walkout at Dulaney High School was part of protest walkouts that happened throughout the county.
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