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Former President Obama: 'I understand' why Americans want to know when COVID-19 mandates will end

  Former President Barack Obama traveled to New Jersey on Saturday to campaign for Gov. Phil Murphy and claimed that he understands why Americans are questioning when COVID-19 mandates will end. "The science says it's the right thing to do," Obama said in reference to COVID-19 mask and vaccine requirements to a crowd of Murphy supporters in Newark. "You do it because you're not just protecting yourself, but people you love, people who are vulnerable. But, you know, I don't know how folks just decide everything's got to suddenly be political." "But I understand why people want to know when this is all going to end," Obama added. Obama also traveled to Richmond, Virginia, on Saturday to stump for Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe. While speaking highly of McAuliffe, Obama claimed Virginia's election signaled a "turning point." "We're not going to go back to the chaos that did so much damage,...

Former President Obama : “I think President Biden is handling it exactly right,”

  Former President   Obama   called for comprehensive   immigration   reform to fix a "dysfunctional" system as the Biden administration grapples with what he called a "heartbreaking" migrant crisis at the   southern border .  Obama, during an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America" that aired Tuesday, said reform to the U.S. immigration system is "something that is long overdue." He added that immigration is a "tough" issue because Americans want to be compassionate but that the U.S. having open borders is  an "unsustainable" idea. Obama's comments come after more than 14,000 Haitian migrants camped under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, after a surge in border crossings.  Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas admitted Sunday that the vast majority of Haitian  migrants  who crossed the southern U.S. border in recent weeks have already been released into the United States and it is possible that more will...