A Florida father was forced to leave work midday on Tuesday to remove his child from Lake Region High School after students participated in an anti-ICE protest that led them onto a nearby overpass, where he said one student nearly got hit by a car.
The incident, captured in a viral TikTok video reposted on X, shows the upset dad confronting school staff while signing his child out.
“You have, like, a thousand kids on the overpass, one just about got hit by a car,” the parent tells school staff.
The father continued, “Kids shouldn’t be involved in that sh-t. This is for learning. I have to leave work because while I’m working, I have to worry about what you’re manipulating my kids into listening to. It’s bullsh-t.”
WATCH:
An upset Florida father says he had to leave work in the middle of the day to pull his kid out of school after students launched an anti-ICE protest.
“You have, like, a thousand kids on the overpass, one just about got hit by a car.”
“Kids shouldn’t be involved in that sh*t.… pic.twitter.com/lTuCTDy4J0
— David J Harris Jr (@DavidJHarrisJr) February 18, 2026
Photos of the protest were posted on X by Ledger reporter Gary White.
I received word of another walkout in protest of ICE, this time at Lake Region High School near Winter Haven. I covered a protest last week by Kathleen High students. pic.twitter.com/BpoEHgcq7A
— Gary White (@garywhite13) February 17, 2026
Polk County Public Schools sent a letter to parents informing them of the incident, stating that students left campus as part of an apparent demonstration related to ICE. The district emphasized that such actions are not permitted due to safety risks and that involved students will face discipline according to the Code of Conduct.
The protest was part of a broader wave of student-led anti-ICE protests across the country, some of which have turned chaotic or resulted in injuries.
In West Palm Beach, a minor participating in a similar student protest was struck by a car.
In Lee County, dozens of students faced suspensions following a walkout.
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, a student protesting ICE in Nebraska was struck by a vehicle, leaving her with bumps and bruises, and her mother was livid at the school for allowing it to happen.
“First of all, I don’t feel she’s informed enough to have made a decision like the one that she made by doing a protest,” the mother told local station WOWT. “I don’t feel that any of the young people that were involved know enough about what’s going on to do or set up a protest because I feel they don’t know what they’re protesting.”
The post WATCH: Outraged Florida Father Pulls Child from School Over Dangerous Anti-ICE Student Protest, ‘You Have, Like, a Thousand Kids on the Overpass — One Just About Got Hit by a Car’ appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.