A few days ago, while campaigning in New Hampshire, Joe Biden was met be left wing protesters who called him out for illegal immigrant deportations under Obama.
They demanded an apology, but Biden wouldn’t give them one.
Politico reported:
Protesters rail against Biden on deportations
Protesters disrupted Joe Biden‘s first campaign event Friday at the start of his weekend swing through New Hampshire.
Frustrated by immigration policy under the Obama administration, a dozen activists led by national immigration group Movimiento Cosecha derailed Biden’s post-speech meet-and-greet with chants and signs, and called on Biden to apologize for mass deportations that occurred during his time as Barack Obama’s vice president.
Biden has come under fire for the 3 million deportations that occurred under the Obama administration, and Movimiento Cosecha recently held another protest at the former vice president’s campaign headquarters in Philadelphia.
About a dozen protesters surrounded Biden with signs that read “End all detention. End all deportation on Day 1” and “We haven’t forgotten 3 million deportations.”
The activists who interrupted Biden’s community event also introduced him to a Guatemalan man whose brother had been deported under Obama…
Trending: George Soros Pumps A Million Dollars Into The Stacey Abrams Campaign For Governor Of Georgia
“I will not apologize for deportation if the person committed a felony,” Biden told the protesters, as his staff tried to clear a path through protesters and Biden supporters jockeying for selfies, to remove the former vice president from the crowd. “I will apologize for deportations if in fact they deported because, in fact, they were engaged in a misdemeanor and or their family was separated.”
Watch the video:
This topic came up during the first debates, too.
Transcript via the Washington Examiner:
DIAZ-BALART: … the Obama-Biden administration was — the Obama-Biden administration deported more than 3 million Americans. My question to you is, if an individual is living in the United States of America without documents, and that is his only offense, should that person be deported?
(UNKNOWN): No.
BIDEN: Depending if they committed a major crime, they should be deported. And the president was left in a — President Obama I think did a heck of a job. To compare him to what this guy is doing is absolutely I find immoral.
(APPLAUSE)
But the fact is that, look, we should not be locking people up. We should be making sure we change the circumstance, as we did, why they would leave in the first place. And those who come seeking asylum, we should immediately have the capacity to absorb them, keep them safe until they can be heard.
DIAZ-BALART: Fifteen seconds, if you could, if you wish to answer. Should someone who is here without documents, and that is his only offense, should that person be deported?
BIDEN: That person should not be the focus of deportation. We should fundamentally change the way we deal with things.
This is probably going to be an issue for Biden, going forward.
The left is going to demand an explanation.
Join the conversation!
We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spam, instead of replying to it please hover over that comment, click the ∨ icon, and mark it as spam. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.