President of largest teachers union in US defends illegal immigrants during anti-ICE protest in LA

The president of the largest teachers' national said connected Monday that everyone has a close to American privileges during a protestation against migration enforcement successful Los Angeles portion chaos descended connected the city.

"We the people. All of us… All of america person the close to life, liberty, and the pursuit of justice," National Education Association (NEA) president Becky Pringle shouted during a protestation rally.

The NEA president has ever been vocal successful her disapproval of the Trump medication and antecedently disavowed President Donald Trump's migration crackdown.

Pringle successful January released guidelines to assistance schools hole for migration authorities aft Trump rescinded the law that prohibited Immigration and Customs Enforcement from entering delicate areas specified arsenic schools and hospitals.

Protesters effort to airy a Molotov cocktail arsenic a firework explodes during a protestation successful Compton, Calif., Saturday, June 7, 2025, aft national migration authorities conducted operations.  (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

RIOTERS SMASH WINDOWS AT LAPD HEADQUARTERS AS ANTI-ICE AGITATORS CLASH WITH AUTHORITIES

"Tragically, for our nation, the incoming Trump medication is committed to a wide deportation docket that volition inflict irreversible harm connected our students, their families and communities," Pringle said successful a statement astatine the time.

Rioters connected Monday struck the windows of the Los Angeles Police Department's office and faced teardrop state that officials deployed downtown arsenic agitators clashed with authorities successful the metropolis amid protests against immigration authorities. The protests began connected Friday aft national agents carried retired enforcement operations crossed the city, sparking outrage from immoderate successful the community.

In effect to the unrest, Trump deployed 2,000 California National Guard troops to the area, with 300 troops arriving implicit the weekend. 

U.S. National Guard is deployed astir downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, pursuing an migration raid protestation the nighttime before.  (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

The president of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, released a statement connected Sunday blasting Trump's determination to deploy the troops, claiming helium did truthful to "intimidate peaceful migration protesters successful Los Angeles."

"This illegal, heavy-handed, and unnecessary crackdown connected peaceful protesters is simply a trumped-up excuse to manufacture a spectacle and stoke further tensions. Instead of de-escalating, the medication seems intent connected provoking and scapegoating hardworking immigrants to distract from its governmental woes," she said.

ANTI-ICE PROTESTERS IN LOS ANGELES SPIT ON AND BURN AMERICAN FLAG

Footage from implicit the play captured a ellipse of dozens of people, galore wearing masks, surrounding an American emblem burning connected the ground. Several of the individuals past spit connected the emblem oregon sprayed flammable liquid to proceed the blaze earlier a 2nd emblem was added to the fire. 

A fig of the protesters held precocious the flags of Mexico and South American countries arsenic the U.S. emblem burned connected the ground. They besides chanted "F-Trump." 

Burned-out Waymo cars are removed from the thoroughfare successful Downtown Los Angeles, Monday, June 9, 2025. The vehicles were acceptable ablaze implicit the play by rioters. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

Other footage from the riots showed officers with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department moving successful to disperse the crowds, shooting flash bangs arsenic they went. 

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Fox News' Anders Hagstrom and Charles Creitz contributed to this report.