St. Paul teachers’ union leaders are forcing educators to abandon their classrooms and join anti-ICE protests, weaponizing schools as battlegrounds against Trump’s immigration enforcement while leaving thousands of students without proper education.
Union Leaders Weaponize Classrooms Against Immigration Law
The St. Paul Federation of Educators has issued ultimatums to teachers, demanding they participate in a January 23 mass walkout targeting President Trump’s immigration enforcement operations. Education Minnesota President Monica Byron publicly declared ICE operations are creating an “emotional toll” on students, using children as political shields while encouraging educators to abandon their professional duties. This represents a dangerous escalation where union bosses prioritize radical activism over educational responsibilities, forcing teachers to choose between ideological compliance and serving students.
Schools Abandon In-Person Learning Over Federal Law Enforcement
St. Paul Public Schools announced a shift to virtual learning starting January 22, citing safety concerns from ICE operations in the Twin Cities area. The decision disrupts education for thousands of students while capitulating to union pressure and anti-enforcement rhetoric. Federal immigration agents conducting lawful deportations of illegal immigrants now face characterization as threats to school safety, despite their constitutional mandate to enforce immigration law. This abandonment of in-person instruction represents educational malpractice driven by political opposition to the Trump administration’s policies.
National Union Leaders Promote Anti-Trump “Regime” Rhetoric
The National Education Association escalated tensions by sending supporters an email accusing the “Trump regime” of murder following an ICE agent’s shooting of Renee Good on January 7.
Agent Jonathan Ross claims self-defense during the encounter, yet union leaders immediately framed the incident as execution-style violence requiring mass resistance. NEA’s inflammatory language mirrors radical activist organizations rather than professional education associations, demonstrating how national unions have abandoned educational focus for partisan political warfare against constitutionally-mandated immigration enforcement.
Economic Blackout Targets Local Businesses and Families
Faith leaders and union organizers are promoting a comprehensive “economic blackout” on January 23, urging supporters to avoid work, school, and shopping to protest ICE operations. This coordinated economic disruption targets innocent local businesses and families while disguising political opposition as a moral imperative.
The strategy mirrors tactics used by radical leftist organizations to inflict economic pain on communities that don’t conform to their immigration ideology. Such actions punish hardworking Americans and legitimate businesses for supporting lawful immigration enforcement, revealing the authoritarian nature of union-led resistance movements.
Minnesota’s education establishment has transformed from a teaching institution into a political resistance operation, abandoning its core educational missions to serve radical anti-enforcement agendas. Parents and taxpayers deserve educators focused on student achievement rather than ideological indoctrination disguised as social justice activism.
Sources:
Socialist Alternative – Build All Out Strike Against ICE
Fox News – Teachers Union Slams Trump Regime Claims ICE Murdered Minneapolis Agitator
In These Times – Minneapolis Renee Good ICE Shooting Labor Unions
Education Minnesota – Educators Call on ICE to Stay Away from Schools
Democracy Now – Saint Paul City Council ICE