Some students seemed engaged and passionate about the protest, but others wandered around, seemed less interested and mostly chatted with their friends.

Near the stadium, a half dozen students gathered around three vehicles with American flags on their hitches.

“It’s not the first time we flew them either,” Napa High senior Anthony Saude said. “I fly mine every day,” said another senior, Chase Hunter.

Saude and Hunter said that they had not been old enough to register as voters, but would have voted for Donald Trump.

“I’d rather have someone that’s straightforward than a liar in the (White) House,” Saude said.

“They can cry all they want, nothing’s really going to change,” Saude said of the students protesting. “If they’re going to come into our country illegally and live off welfare and not play (their) part and work, I mean it’s equal for them to go back and then if they want to proceed and continue to come back the right way then let them.”

School administrators and police resource officers circulated at the rally. Napa City Councilmember Scott Sedgley watched from near the stadium seats. Sedgley said he was on hand in case any students had questions about local government.