A group of undocumented youth and activists confront House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi at a press conference accusing her of collusion with the Trump administration over immigration policy.
“We are not a bargaining chip!” the protesters chanted. “All of us or none of us,” they said, while holding signs reading, “Democrats are Deporters.”
Pelosi was holding the conference with fellow California Democratic House members Barbara Lee and Jared Huffman to call for the passage of the DREAM Act, which would allow recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) and other undocumented immigrants brought to the US as minors to remain in the country.
President Donald Trump, Senate Minority leader Charles Schumer and Pelosi had agreed to work on the plan during a rare dinner meeting last week. Such a compromise meeting seemed to have agitated the protesters.
The protesters who interrupted the conference were calling for a…