Bernie Sanders supporters clashed with Hillary Clinton backers Thursday evening outside East Los Angeles College, where the former secretary of state spoke.

Several hundred protesters marched outside the college as Clinton enthusiasts waited for the event to begin, chanting “Hillary out of East L.A.,” in Spanish. They held signs calling Clinton a “liar,” a “flip-flop,” and demanded that she be deported as mounted deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department looked on.

Chris Luna, 23, a UCLA student, said many protesters were insulted that the Clinton campaign chose to hold an event in East Los Angeles — what he called “sacred ground” for Los Angeles Latinos — on Cinco de Mayo of all days.

“I don’t appreciate her coming into our sacred place and trying to pander to our demographic,” Luna said.

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Others said she doesn’t belong in the White House and criticized her for supporting her husband’s 1994 crime bill, voting for the Iraq War and for having ties to Wall Street.

“The vote for the war and the vote for Wall Street are huge mobilizers for this community,” said Don Irwin, who helped organize the demonstration with the Union del Barrio, Mexa de ELAC, Los Angeles Brown Berets and other community organizers.

Irwin added that the effects of the former secretary of state’s deportation policies were “close and personal” and called her policies “regressive, not progressive.”

Inside the event, Clinton began her speech a short time later by attacking Trump instead of Sanders.

“The kind of language coming from Donald Trump is hateful and we need to repudiate it,” Clinton said, adding that she planned to back programs that support a comprehensive immigration plan. Clinton added that she would uphold the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or Deferred Action for Parents of Americans.

“We are nation of immigrants, and I’m proud of it,” Clinton said. “Our diversity is one of our strengths.”

Her visit to the East L.A. campus was part of the intense battle between Clinton and Sanders for the California’s 475 delegates just before early voting in the June 7 gets underway Monday.

Former President Bill Clinton spoke in Los Angeles on behalf of his wife at the Grand Suite Hotel on Wednesday. He also will deliver the commencement speech for undergraduates at Loyola Marymount University on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Sanders had surrogates speaking for him at UC Irvine and Cal State Long Beach on Wednesday, including Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon.

Though Thursday’s protest was primarily anti-Clinton and not associated with the Sanders campaign, many demonstrators touted Sanders’ record and argued with Clinton supporters as they left the college.

Protesters shouted at event attendees “shame on you,” as they walked down a pathway from the men’s gym. Sheriff’s deputies directed the attendees to the parking garage and away from the protesters.

“They’ve been able to set up a walk of shame here,” said Ken Nwadike of the Free Hugs Project.

Nwadike has been attending various political events in recent months in the hopes of reminding people to love one another despite their opposing views.

“Love is more important than anything right now,” he said.