Students from Paso Robles High School participated in nationwide protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies and ICE on Feb. 6. Beginning in the courtyard of Paso Robles High School, students marched on the sidewalk until they reached the top of Niblick Bridge. There, hundreds of students of all ages assembled, held handmade signs, hung flags and chanted. “We were scared – we didn’t think anyone would protest,” said Jesus Ursulo, organizer of the protest and Paso Robles High senior.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The first edition of this story contained inaccuracies about the throwing of water and misidentified Jesus Ursulo as a senior (he is a junior). These errors have been corrected. The Cuestonian regrets these errors.
During the protest on Feb. 6, Paso High School staff asked that students refrain from any kind of violence in the community.
Ariana • Feb 9, 2026 at 2:34 pm
The article wrongly frames the students shown in the photos and misrepresents what actually occurred. The situation was handled peacefully and did not reflect the disruptive behavior being implied. I am the student wearing the red traditional apron, and I am inaccurately depicted as the main person throwing water bottles, which is simply not true. It is disappointing and irresponsible for the article to criminalize what was a peaceful protest and to portray students unfairly.
Leslie • Feb 9, 2026 at 2:19 pm
Treat your interviewees better. This is poorly accurate and disrespectful towards the people who organized everything. Do better.
Esther • Feb 9, 2026 at 2:11 pm
Write better articles and do better interviews, done be rude.
Jesus Ursulo • Feb 9, 2026 at 2:10 pm
This article is inaccurate and poorly reported. First, I am not a senior. I attempted to identify myself, and Malik Green responded with, “I wasn’t looking for your name… I was looking for your feedback on the protest.”
Second, water was thrown twice, and in both instances the individuals responsible were immediately told to stop. The way this is presented makes it seem ongoing and uncontrolled, which is false.
This photo gallery feels defamatory rather than journalistic. The girls pictured were not the ones who threw water, yet they’re visually implicated. On top of that, most of the people being quoted aren’t even shown in the images.
This lacks basic journalistic standards of accuracy, context, and fair representation. Do better. This isn’t journalism.
Kaia Cross • Feb 9, 2026 at 2:10 pm
Unfortunately this peice of press is ridiculously uninformed. Many of these quotes were taken out of context, one of the interviewees was generally very rude and unprofessional he even got mad at someone just giving him their name during the interveiw. As a student at this walkout I can attest that only a few waterbottles were thrown by about 3 kids who were IMMEDIATLY asked to stop. This did not happen more than that despite the amount of hate we received from grown adults passing by. This was a non violent protest, its unfortunate to see it framed as anything else.