The controversy over schools and immigration policies continues tonight.

All this comes after a Catalina High School student ended up being deported along with his family.

Police were called to investigate marijuana possession but the officer called the Border Patrol.

Tucson Police say they were doing their job. When they found out the student and his family were here illegally, they called immigration authorities even though the student was at school.

This has upset a lot of people.

In 30 years as an activist, Isabel Garcia participates in most protests for immigration rights. Nevertheless, when students walked out of Catalina High School and marched to the federal building yesterday, Garcia just watched.

“These brave courageous students demonstrated for everybody,” Garcia explains.

The students, she says, did not need her help. “A hundred students organized on their own for human rights.”

This all happened after school administrators called Tucson Police after they caught the student with marijuana. When the student and his parents told police they were illegal, police called immigration authorities to the school. The family was later deported.

Ruben Fuentes, Fox 11 News

Tucson Police have received criticism for their actions. They held a hastily-called news conference this afternoon to discuss the situation.

“What’s I’d like to bring back to people’s minds is we were there doing our jobs…appropriately,” Roberto Villasenor, from TPD, admits.

Police say they have adjusted their policy. Now they will no longer call immigration authorities to churches or schools if they suspect someone is an illegal immigrant. Garcia says this has happened before. In fact, it happened yesterday morning at Rincon High School. She explains, “While all this is going on we did have another event at a different school very similar in nature.”

Another student was here illegally and was caught with marijuana. In accordance with their policy change, Tucson Police did not call immigration authorities. Instead, they booked the student at a juvenile detention center.

Garcia and members of the organization, Derechos Humanos, plan to meet with police and the Tucson Unified School District to further discuss the issue.

She says both parties violated the two family’s rights.