DHS unloads on teachers union boss over 'dangerous rhetoric' and anti-ICE activism
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten drew backlash Wednesday after filming a video from a field near Newark’s Delaney Hall migrant detention facility, where she decried alleged conditions inside.Weingarten’s video, filmed within view of the facility, comes as school-choice advocates have criticized her political activism while student academic performance remains below pre-pandemic levels — with one critic recently summing up the contrast as a desire to "dictate … policy on immigration while its own members’ students struggle with basic skills.""Dangerous rhetoric from politicians and activists demonizing our brave ICE officers has led to the over 8,000% increase in threats against DHS law enforcement who are heroically performing their congressionally mandated mission to remove criminal illegal aliens from communities across the country," a DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital when asked about Weingarten’s visit."Any claim that there are subprime conditions at ICE detention facilities is false," the agency said.ANTI-ICE PROTESTERS CLASH WITH AGENTS OUTSIDE NEW JERSEY DETENTION CENTER AS GOV SHERRILL DENIED ENTRYFox News Digital reached out to Weingarten through AFT for comment.In her video, Weingarten disputed DHS’ characterization of conditions at the facility:"This is one of the most despicable things that our current government does," Weingarten said as she was filmed pointing and gesticulating toward Delaney Hall."They put people — people have not committed any crimes — they are immigrants.
They deport them, or they … detain them and deport them in conditions that are unimaginable."Weingarten, who grew up about 40 miles north of New York City in Nyack, New York, said her grandparents came to the U.S.seeking a better life, drawing a comparison to migrants detained at Delaney Hall."We saw families coming out [of Delaney] who had just visited their loved ones… They work hard.
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