Students Express Concerns in Public Square, Classrooms

Arlington, Va.

About 1,000 Northern Virginia high school students skipped classes for at least half a day last week to march from a public plaza to the Arlington County Courthouse here, symbolically uniting with peers from across the country to protest federal legislation that would crack down on undocumented immigrants.

“We just want people to hear our voice,” said Estefania Vidal, a senior at Washington-Lee High School. Ms. Vidal, who is of Mexican heritage, was one of the roughly 20 student organizers wearing yellow T-shirts during the March 30 rally.

“A lot of people say they are only high school students. … Politicians know we’re the future,” she said. “We’re...