2020 presidential front-runner Joe Biden refused to apologize for the deportations that occurred under the Obama administration after being confronted by protesters while campaigning in New Hampshire on Friday.
A man approached Biden and told him, via a translator, that his brother had been deported during his tenure as vice president. He then asked for Biden to apologize for supporting those policies and went on to ask Biden if he planned on halting all deportations, should he become president.
“I have a three-month-old daughter and two months ago, in May, I was detained and put into deportation proceedings,” the man said. “I want you to apologize to the 3 million immigrants that were deported and separated from their families under the Obama years.”
“No,” Biden replied, “I will not halt deportations and detentions,” which drew widespread condemnation from the protesters that surrounded them.
He also refused to apologize for the deportations of “3 million” people during the Obama administration.
“I will not apologize for the deportations of people who have committed a felony,” he later said. “I will apologize for deportations if, in fact, you were deported because, in fact, you engaged in a misdemeanor and/or your family was separated.”
