President Barack Obama did not respond kindly Friday to an interruption during his Rose Garden announcement of new immigration rules, telling the man shouting that it was neither the time nor the place to field questions.

The reporter, who was wearing a temporary press badge, was identified as Neil Munro from the conservative website the Daily Caller. He later told CNN, “I have to ask the questions you all won’t ask,” referring to the reporters gathered who regularly cover the White House. –

“Excuse me sir, it is not the right time for questions sir,” Obama said as Munro shouted questions. “Not while I’m speaking.”

“The next time I prefer you let me finish my statements before you ask your question,” Obama said later in his remarks. “I didn’t ask for an argument, I’m answering your question.”

Munro asked Obama, “What about American workers who are unemployed while you employ foreigners,” suggesting the policy change would lead to the employment of illegal immigrants.

“Here’s the reason: because these young people are going to make extraordinary contributions, and are already making contributions to our society,” Obama replied at the end of his remarks. “I’ve got a young person who is serving in our military, protecting us and our freedom. The notion that in some ways we would treat them as expendable makes no sense. If there is a young person here who has grown up here and wants to contribute to this society, wants to maybe start a business that will create jobs for other folks who are looking for work, that’s the right thing to do.”

When the president finished his comments, he turned and headed back into the Oval Office ignoring any further questions.

In statements published together, representatives for the Daily Caller portrayed the incident in several ways. Munro wrote that he miscalculated the ending of Obama’s speech, while the site’s editor-in-chief and publisher praised their reporter for his dogged attempt at an answer.

“I always go to the White House prepared with questions for our president,” Munro wrote. “I timed the question believing the president was closing his remarks, because naturally I have no intention of interrupting the President of the United States. I know he rarely takes questions before walking away from the podium. When I asked the question as he finished his speech, he turned his back on the many reporters, and walked away while I and at least one other reporter asked questions.”

Tucker Carlson, the conservative cable news pundit who in the Daily Caller’s editor-in-chief, said his organization was proud of Munro.

“A reporter’s job is to ask questions and get answers. Our job is to find out what the federal government is up to. Politicians often don’t want to tell us. A good reporter gets the story. We’re proud of Neil Munro,” Carlson wrote.

The Daily Caller’s publisher said Munro’s questioning was not intended to be “heckling.”