Obama to Immigration Hecklers: Doesn’t Make Much Sense to Yell at Me Now

President Obama betrayed a little frustration today when he got hecklers during an immigation speech and told them they really shouldn’t be yelling at him after he announced action to fix the immigration system.

Several individuals at the Chicago rally shouted at Obama, including one woman who cried, “You have been deporting families!” There was also a brief chant of “not one more!”

The president interjected and told them to stop yelling and be respectful. He acknowledged there’s been a “significant number of deportations” but told them they should be paying more mind to his recent announcement:

“Thought I might understand why you would have yelled at me a month ago, although I disagree with some of my characterizations, it doesn’t make much sense to yell at me right now, when we’re making changes.”

Obama tried to move on, but when he heard more shouting, he deadpanned, “It’s good to be back in Chicago.”

Watch the full exchange below, via C-SPAN:

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