U.S President Barack Obama’s speech was interrupted by anti-deportation Activists, when he was giving a speech on immigration reform at the Betty Ann Ong Chinese Recreation Center in San Francisco, California on Monday, 25th November.
The Protesters yelled at Obama over the number of deportations during his time in office.
An young man shouted about his family being separated for Thanksgiving, and said Obama should use his executive power to stop this. “Stop deportations, yes we can,” the man and other people chanted.
Obama stopped Secret Service agents who tried to remove the protesters.
“I respect the passion of these young people because they feel deeply about the concerns for their families,” Obama said. “If, in fact, I could solve all these problems without passing laws in Congress, then I would do so.
“But we’re also a nation of laws, that’s part of our tradition,” he continued. “And so the easy way out is to try to yell and pretend like I can do something by violating our laws. And what I’m proposing is the harder path, which is to use our democratic processes to achieve the same goal.”
