President of largest teachers union in US defends illegal immigrants during anti-ICE protest in LA
The president of the largest teachers' union noted on Monday that everyone has a right to American privileges during a protest against immigration enforcement in Los Angeles while chaos descended on the city We the people All of us All of us have the right to life liberty and the pursuit of justice National Development Association NEA president Becky Pringle shouted during a protest rally The NEA president has perpetually been vocal in her criticism of the Trump administration and previously disavowed President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown Pringle in January circulated guidelines to help schools prepare for immigration executives after Trump rescinded the law that prohibited Immigration and Customs Enforcement from entering sensitive areas such as schools and hospitals RIOTERS SMASH WINDOWS AT LAPD HEADQUARTERS AS ANTI-ICE AGITATORS CLASH WITH ADMINISTRATION Tragically for our nation the incoming Trump administration is committed to a mass deportation agenda that will inflict irreversible harm on our students their families and communities Pringle announced in a declaration at the time Rioters on Monday struck the windows of the Los Angeles Police Department's headquarters and faced tear gas that bureaucrats deployed downtown as agitators clashed with government in the city amid protests against immigration executives The protests began on Friday after federal agents carried out enforcement operations across the city sparking outrage from certain in the society In response to the unrest Trump deployed California National Guard troops to the area with troops arriving over the weekend The president of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten circulated a report on Sunday blasting Trump's decision to deploy the troops claiming he did so to intimidate peaceful immigration protesters in Los Angeles This illegal heavy-handed and unnecessary crackdown on peaceful protesters is a trumped-up excuse to manufacture a spectacle and stoke further tensions Instead of de-escalating the administration seems intent on provoking and scapegoating hardworking immigrants to distract from its political woes she revealed ANTI-ICE PROTESTERS IN LOS ANGELES SPIT ON AND BURN AMERICAN FLAGFootage from over the weekend captured a circle of dozens of people numerous wearing masks surrounding an American flag burning on the ground Several of the individuals then spit on the flag or sprayed flammable liquid to continue the blaze before a second flag was added to the fire A number of the protesters held high the flags of Mexico and South American countries as the U S flag burned on the ground They also chanted F-Trump Other footage from the riots manifested officers with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department moving in to disperse the crowds shooting flash bangs as they went
