Beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program briefly interrupted former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE’s answer to the final question at Thursday night’s Democratic presidential debate.

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Biden began to answer a question from moderator George StephanopoulosGeorge Robert StephanopoulosPelosi: Presidents should not ‘fuel the flame’ National security adviser defends Trump tweets: The president ‘wants to de-escalate violence’ Sanders pushes back on doubts supporters will back Biden MORE about his most significant professional setback when protesters began shouting “We are DACA recipients. Our lives are at risk,” according to Jess Davidson, executive director of the group End Rape on Campus, who was present at the debate.

The protestors were yelling, “we are DACA recipients. Our lives are at risk.” Unclear if they were TSU students. #DemDebate #DemocratDebate

Click Here: geelong cats guernsey 2019— Jess Davidson (@DavidsonJess22) September 12, 2019 

Participants in the protest were photographed in shirts reading “DEFEND DACA, ABOLISH ICE, CITIZENSHIP FOR ALL.”

Here are the protesters who were removed just before Biden’s final statement at the #DemDebate

Two of their shirts read “DEFEND DACA, ABOLISH ICE, CITIZENSHIP FOR ALL” pic.twitter.com/chP1UHNomA

— Bloomberg TicToc (@tictoc) September 12, 2019

Biden waited until the protesters were escorted out before continuing his answer, quoting the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard as he discussed the death of his wife and daughter in a car crash.

The former vice president had earlier mentioned the DACA program, which President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE rescinded in 2017, in an answer drawing a distinction between the Obama and Trump administrations’ immigration policies.