Protesters interrupt Nancy Pelosi news conference in SF

Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi was shouted down by a group of protesting undocumented youth on Monday (9-18) during a press conference in which she intended to call for support of the DREAM act.

Pelosi was calling for congress to pass the DREAM Act, saying the Trump administration was reckless in ending the DACA initiative.

But a group calling itself the Undocumented Youth Movement shouted her down, saying the DREAM Act doesn’t go far enough to protect the families of young people who were brought to the country. Protesters said the Democrats built a deportation machine during the eight years of President Obama’s administration and handed it over to the Trump administration.

When Pelosi tried to tell the group that she has been fighting deportations, they called her a liar. And when she said their unwillingness to listen to her was not helping the cause, they chanted “We are the cause.”

Pelosi eventually left the room while the protest continued.