Imagine the images on the screen flashed around the world as we are dragging parents away from their children and putting them in, what, detention centers and then systematically sending them out. Nobody thinks that is realistic, but more importantly, that's not who we are as Americans.
Obama criticizes Trump's deportation plan, emphasizing its inhumanity and unrealistic nature.
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Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.
the American people want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away"
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