A North Carolina high school valedictorian was interrupted mid-speech at her graduation ceremony when she started talking about Palestine and ICE.
Now, the student—Clayton High School’s Leen Hijaz—says the school is withholding her diploma.
Watch the video of her speech, and hear what we have to say about it.
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