UCLA under fire as student curses Trump admin, ICE in 'pathetic' commencement speech: 'Cut all funding'

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is facing criticism after a viral TikTok video showed a student, Jamie Han, cursing the ICE and the Donald Trump administration during a speech.

What's more shocking is that people who seemed to be teachers seated next to her nodded in agreement. The speech took place at UCLA's College of Letters and Science commencement ceremony in June.

UCLA student says 'f**k ICE and f**k Trump administration'

Jamie Han, an immigrant and communications graduate, was heard saying in the viral clip, "Education, free speech, and democracy itself is being threatened by the very institutions that claim to value it, and in a country that not only refuses to protect, but actively persecutes, scapegoats, and villainizes the indisputable backbone of immigrants who make America what it is."

She added, "Which, as a first-generation immigrant myself, and as a now citizen who has the privilege of not having to fear for my life every second of the day, and as a communication major of all things, preaching up here about the importance of using your education and using your voice."

"Excuse my language, but to that I say, f**k ICE and f**k the Trump administration," she concluded, as people sitting beside her nodded in agreement and the crowd erupted with cheers and applause.

The Trump administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from UCLA in the White House's latest effort to shape higher education and extract significant concessions from universities.

The administration began freezing millions in funding to UCLA last week, as the school’s chancellor, Julio Frenk, said in a letter to the university community this week that $584 million "is suspended and at risk" and warned of "devastating" consequences to its research mission.

Meanwhile, University of California President James B Milliken responded to the proposed deal in a statement that read, "Earlier this week, we offered to engage in good faith dialogue with the Department to protect the University and its critical research mission."

It further read, "As a public university, we are stewards of taxpayer resources and a payment of this scale would completely devastate our country’s greatest public university system as well as inflict great harm on our students and all Californians."

Video of UCLA student cursing ICE and Trump administration sparks uproar

Netizens couldn't keep quiet as the viral TikTok video showed a UCLA student, Jamie Han, cursing the ICE and the Donald Trump administration during a speech.

An X (formerly Twitter) user wrote, "Cut any, and all funding," while one bluntly wrote, "Pathetic."

A person stated, "In the last days men will be righteous in their own eyes. But not in God's," whereas someone else mentioned, "Cannot believe this happened. So sad when our young people are FILLED WITH SO MUCH HATE!"

"UCLA...say goodbye to Federal funding," read another tweet, while one more said, "@UCLA I vote for taking away all Fed Funding from you- via Trump and the Dept of Ed ! This is unacceptable! @usedgov. This is two profs should Be FIRED."

An individual wrote, "I’m fairly certain UCLA collects federal aid that needs cut off immediately to help address this problem. Thank you for your attention in this matter! @DOGE @DHSgov."

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