Seattle students expected to walk out Monday to protest Trump Action would follow string of demonstrations following Trump's election

Anti-Donald Trump protestors gather at Westlake Park for a post-election rally and march, Wednesday evening, Nov. 9, 2016. Anti-Donald Trump protestors gather at Westlake Park for a post-election rally and march, Wednesday evening, Nov. 9, 2016. Photo: GENNA MARTIN, SEATTLEPI.COM Photo: GENNA MARTIN, SEATTLEPI.COM Image 1 of / 98 Caption Close Seattle students expected to walk out Monday to protest Trump 1 / 98 Back to Gallery

Students in Seattle appear to be preparing to stage a large walkout Monday to protest President-elect Donald Trump, and his proposals targeting immigrants and racial minorities.

Announcements circulating Friday indicate students at many Seattle high schools plan to walk out at 1:30 p.m. Monday. The action would follow on a large protest Wednesday night, and similar demonstrations around the country.

A copy on an announcement provided to seattlepi.com read as follows:

“On the second week of November a new president was chosen, we who do not support him didn’t have a chance (to) have our voice heard. He is a threat to the Latino and black communities we are in danger starting this week we are no longer safe.

“We do not feel protected and we have to show it, we have to speak up and stand up for what we believe in so … any school student who wants to participate in this PEACEFUL protest can participate.”

Students at West Seattle High School and Cleveland High School walked out Wednesday, and large walkouts have occurred in other cities in recent days. Thousands of San Francisco-area students took to the streets Thursday.

Trump’s proposals and attitude towards immigrants have stirred fear among immigrants and their supporters. The president-elect has promoted a ban on Muslim travel into the United States, severe restrictions on legal immigrant and a “deportation force” targeting undocumented residents.

Children would likely bear the brunt of Trump’s proposals, if enacted.

About 800,000 undocumented children and youths who were brought to the United States by their parents came out of hiding during President Obama’s administration. Obama issued an executive order in 2012 halting the deportation of immigrant children who arrived before age 16; those children are now known to the government and would be at risk for deportation if Trump rescinds that order.

Trump has also pledged to cut all federal funding to “sanctuary cities” like Seattle. As a sanctuary city, Seattle does not put its resources toward enforcing federal immigration laws, nor do city workers inquire about residents’ immigration status.

Seattle’s immigrant community includes a large concentration of Muslim refugees from East Africa. Trump denigrated Somali immigrants on the campaign trail, and has spoken against accepting non-Christian refugees.

On Wednesday, representatives from Seattle’s government and immigrant communities gathered at city hall to voice their dismay at Trump’s election and opposition to his proposals.

“I know people, me included, are in a deep state of shock today,” Rep.-elect Pramila Jayapal said at the rally. “But we are going to do this as we have done over and over again in the course of history. We are going to pick ourselves up and use this as more energy to build the kind of movement that we still need to build across the country.”

Jayapal is an immigrant from India who Tuesday night won Washington’s 7th District Congressional seat.

Seattlepi.com reporter Levi Pulkkinen can be reached at 206-448-8348 or levipulkkinen@seattlepi.com. Follow Levi on Twitter at twitter.com/levipulk.