Are teachers organizing anti-ICE school protests? Wake denies group’s claims.
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- Wake County denies social media claims from Libs of TikTok.
- District says anti-ICE protests were student-led and staff only supervised for safety.
- Libs of TikTok amplified claims widely, but offered no evidence.
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The Wake County school system is denying claims made on social media that teachers have been organizing the anti-ICE protests that have occurring at multiple high schools.
Since last week, high school students across Wake County have held walkouts to give speeches and chants condemning Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in North Carolina. In a post Tuesday on multiple platforms, the far-right social media account Libs of TikTok charged that Wake teachers have been promoting the protests.
“Teachers at schools in @WCPSS have been handing out these flyers promoting anti-ICE protests — urging students to wave foreign flags and print signs demeaning ICE,” according to the social media post. “@WCPSS is indoctrinating students to protest for left-wing causes.”
A Wake County school spokesperson said Tuesday that the Libs of TikTok post is not true. The social media post includes a copy of a flier for one school, which Wake says the teachers there did not distribute to students.
The school system has maintained since the protests began that they have been student-initiated. The district said staff didn’t organize or participate in the protests but has supervised them to ensure student safety.
“As a school community, we recognize and respect students’ rights to express their views in peaceful and respectful ways,” Wake said in letters principals have sent about the anti-ICE protests.
Far-right group targets Wake schools
Libs of TikTok is influential in conservative political circles. A post about the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board chair saying they’re not fully complying with the Parents’ Bill of Rights law is leading to Republican state lawmakers holding a hearing in December.
Tuesday’s post accusing Wake teachers of promoting the protests drew nearly 3,000 reposts and likes in nine hours on X, previously called Twitter.
Libs of TikTok has posted multiple posts this week about the protests in Wake, including one accusing Rolesville High School teachers of organizing their school’s protest. It’s a claim that Rolesville High has denied.
The Wake protests began after Border Patrol operations conducted immigration operations last week in the Triangle and Charlotte. Attendance dropped in Wake County schools last week during the operations as parents kept their children home.
Libs of TikTok has also criticized Wake for sending a letter last week telling families the district understands why parents are keeping their children home. Wake is the nation’s 14th-largest school district, with more than 160,000 students.
This story was originally published November 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM with the headline "Are teachers organizing anti-ICE school protests? Wake denies group’s claims.."
