Senator Ted Cruz was berated at Los Angeles International Airport Sunday as a group of people recognized him before banding together and chanting their disapproval of the Republican lawmaker from Texas.

Videos show Cruz standing in different parts of LAX airport over the weekend and smiling as several people begin gathering around him, yelling “Americans will not be silent” and appearing to criticize his immigration policies.

Cruz tried to smile at the impromptu protesters throughout the entirety of the incident, although he occasionally looked over his shoulder with a concerned gaze Sunday as he waited for his flight to Austin, Texas.

Cruz, who has been vigilant in his “conservative bias” accusations against social media companies, was himself at the center of a viral video across Twitter, Facebook and Reddit. Increasingly loud chants of “Free the children, free the children” and “we will not be silent” were directed at the Texas senator who has been supportive of Donald Trump’s southern border wall demands.

Activists have long been advocating for making public spaces uncomfortable or even downright hostile to the presence of Trump administration officials and their supporters as a pushback against some of Trump’s more inhumane policies, particularly on immigration. White House officials have been asked to leave or chased out of restaurants by chanting crowds on multiple occasions, to cite an example.

If Cruz wants to be able to change planes in peace, he’ll need to do a lot better at his job.

WATCH:

#TedCruz was at #LAX but folks weren’t so happy about it pic.twitter.com/uSuAiNRc2H

— naomimonster (@naomimonster1) July 29, 2019