Beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program briefly interrupted former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenFormer Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick Bloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida 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 Stephanopoulos George Robert StephanopoulosColbert implores Pelosi to update 'weaponry' in SCOTUS fight: 'Trump has a literal heat ray' Murkowski: Supreme Court nominee should not be taken up before election Cruz says Senate Republicans likely have votes to confirm Trump Supreme Court nominee 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 — 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 Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE rescinded in 2017, in an answer drawing a distinction between the Obama and Trump administrations' immigration policies.