CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- More than 60 Latino students at North Mecklenburg High School walked out on Wednesday in protest over alleged racial discrimination.

Students told a Latino radio station that two female Hispanic students felt they were victims of discrimination by a teacher during a discussion about the National Day of Action on Monday.

Students stated that the girls went to administration over the issue, but that nothing was done about it and that is why they walked out.

"We called each other, we got together, and this happened," said one student.

Some students carried signs up and down Old Statesville Road in Huntersville. They said they did it to protest alleged racial discrimination against two Hispanic students by an unnamed teacher.

Tracy Vargas said the unnamed teacher did nothing to stop other students from attacking her and another female student with racial slurs.

"The teacher was laughing at what the kids were saying. There were especially three girls talking. They were saying that Mexicans were trash, that we lived in ugly houses and we just came here to take their jobs. I really didn't like the way they were talking to me," said student Tracy Vargas. "It made me feel real bad. I started crying."

First-year principal Joey Burch said the school is looking into the allegations.

"I will tell you that any time there are inappropriate comments that occur at my school, I will look into it," he said.

The planned protest quickly took on the larger issue of immigration reform in the U.S.

"We came over here to work. We just want a decent life. We're not criminals. We just want to be treated like everybody else," said one student.

None of the students will be disciplined for walking out. All of them returned to class, hoping they were heard.

"I feel good about it because I don't want to go back to that situation. It might happen to me, it might happen to somebody else," said student Luis Tafoya.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's International Relations Unit responded to the scene and school administrators spoke with students.

School officials would not comment about the alleged racial discrimination by the teacher, but they did say parents, students and teachers will meet Thursday morning to discuss the issue.