![GOP Presidential Candidate Ben Carson Campaigns In Colorado Day After Party's Third Debate Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks during a news conference before a campaign event at Colorado Christian University on October 29, 2015 in Lakewood, Colorado.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ben-carson-jesus-beer.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
Sitting at a table in what appeared to be a diner, Univision host Jorge Ramos asked Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson who he’d like to get a beer — or orange juice — with.
Carson’s answer? Jesus.
(And it would have to be an orange juice, since Carson, like most Seventh Day Adventists doesn’t drink. “Root beer. No alcohol,” a campaign spokesperson replied when asked.)
Carson’s interview with Ramos, which was livestreamed on Facebook Thursday, focused mostly on race and immigration issues, but the retired neurosurgeon dodged Ramos’ two most-pointed questions on immigration.
First, Ramos asked if Carson would revoke the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, an executive action taken by President Obama that allowed children brought to the U.S. illegally to avoid deportation. Carson answered that he wasn’t sure yet.
“What we have to do is recognize that this is a nation that is of the people, for the people, and by the people. And I believe that the policies that are reflected in the nation should be those policies that are the ones that are wanted by the American people. So I would spend time figuring out what it is the American people want,” Carson responded. Ramos pressed him, asking if that meant he hasn’t decided what he would do. “Correct,” Carson said.
Then Ramos asked the former neurosurgeon whether he would end birthright citizenship.
“You have to look at the 14th Amendment and ask yourself why it is there,” Carson replied. “It was to address the situation of the freedmen. It was not put in there specifically for the purpose of allowing people who are not citizens to come in an anchor themselves to the country.” He said the amendment gives Congress the power to enforce it, and said, “I would encourage the Congressmen to do their job in conjunction with their constituents to clarify the situation.”
Ramos also asked Carson about his new rapping radio ad. “There are members of our campaign who thought that that was something that would resonate with a lot of people,” Carson said.
Read Next: Why Ben Carson Is Running for President
See Ben Carson's Life in Photos
![](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/time-ben-carson-childhood.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ben-carson-27.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/time-ben-carsons-graduation-from-yale4.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Siamese Twins John Hopkins 1987 Ben Carson - Life in Pictures](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ben-carson-29.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![DR. BEN CARSON Ben Carson - Life in Pictures](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ben-carson-431.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![SURGEONS REHEARSE OPERATION OF CONJOINED TWINS IN SINGAPORE. Ben Carson - Life in Pictures](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ben-carson-2.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Conjoined Twins Ladan And Laleh Bijani Undergo Surgery At Raffles Hospital Ben Carson - Life in Pictures](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ben-carson-22.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ten-year-old Indian twins Sabah (bottom2 Ben Carson - Life in Pictures](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ben-carson-20.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Six Americans Honored With Presidential Medal Of Freedom Ben Carson - Life in Pictures](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ben-carson-19.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ben Carson Makes Announcement About Seeking Republican Presidential Nomination Ben Carson - Life in Pictures](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ben-carson-14.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ben Carson Ben Carson - Life in Pictures](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ben-carson-39.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Presidential Hopefuls Attend Southern Republican Leadership Conference PresidBen Carson - Life in Picturesential Hopefuls Attend Southern Republican Leadership Conference](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ben-carson-12.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Jonis Roast & Ride, a daylong political fund-raiser for GOP candidates. Ben Carson - Life in Pictures](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ben-carson-11.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Scott Walker, Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, John Kasich Ben Carson - Life in Pictures](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ben-carson-38.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Republican Presidential Candidate Ben Carson Speaks At Sunday Church Service In Iowa Ben Carson - Life in Pictures](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ben-carson-8.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Presidential Candidates Stump At Iowa State Fair Ben Carson - Life in Pictures](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ben-carson-6.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ben Carson, Candy Carson Ben Carson - Life in Pictures](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ben-carson-44.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ben Carson Ben Carson - Life in Pictures](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ben-carson-37.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Presidential Candidate Ben Carson Speaks Ben Carson - Life in Pictures](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ben-carson-7.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
More Must-Reads from TIME
- Breaking Down the 2024 Election Calendar
- How Nayib Bukele’s ‘Iron Fist’ Has Transformed El Salvador
- What if Ultra-Processed Foods Aren’t as Bad as You Think?
- How Ukraine Beat Russia in the Battle of the Black Sea
- Long COVID Looks Different in Kids
- How Project 2025 Would Jeopardize Americans’ Health
- What a $129 Frying Pan Says About America’s Eating Habits
- The 32 Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2024
Write to Tessa Berenson Rogers at tessa.Rogers@time.com