Finally, a News Anchor Challenged the President Over Deportations
Mr. Ramos asked why the president deported some two million people if he “always had the legal authority to stop deportations.” He said to Mr. Obama’s face that he had”destroyed many families,”and added that activists called him “the deporter-in-chief’.”
Mr. Ramos then insisted that “you could’ve stopped deportations.”
The president responded:
That is not true Listen, here’s the fact of the matter. Jorge, here’s the fact of the matter. As president of the United States, I’m always responsible for problems that aren’t solved right away. I regret millions of people who didn’t get health insurance before I passed health insurance, and before I implemented it. I regret the fact that there are kids who should’ve been going to college during my presidency, but because we didn’t get to them fast enough, they gave up on college… .
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