Former Deporter in Chief Gets Testy
During his visit to Nashville on Tuesday, Barack Obama didn’t take too kindly to being labeled “deporter in chief” in an interview with Fusion’s Jorge Ramos, who challenged the president for not acting sooner on immigration. (H/T: Washington Post)
Ramos: But if you, as you’re saying, you always had the legal authority to stop deportations, then why did you deport two million people? For six years you did it. You destroyed many families. They called you the “deporter-in-chief.”
Obama: Listen … Jorge .. we’re not … listen Jorge … you called me “deporter-in-chief.”
Ramos: It was Janet Murgia of La Raza. … You could have stopped deportations. That’s the whole idea.
Obama: That is not true.
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