You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago. And when you think about why, in the African American community at least, there's a lot of pain around what happened here, I think it's important to recognize that the African American community is looking at this issue through a set of experiences and a history that doesn't go away.
Barack ObamaI think that whenever you have got an incoming president of the other side it takes a while for people to reconcile themselves with that new reality.
Barack ObamaSince 2010, America has put more people back to work than Europe, Japan, and all advanced economies combined.
Barack ObamaWhen it comes to immigration, I have actually put more money, under my administration, into border security than any other administration previously. We've got more security resources at the border - more National Guard, more border guards, you name it - than the previous administration. So we've ramped up significantly the issue of border security.
Barack Obama