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JD Vance on

immigration

34 entries, 31 Jul 2026 to 27 Aug 2026

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    1. posted

      Vance uses Spain migration images to contrast with US border under Trump, calling mass migration consequence of globalist policies

      “Thank God @POTUS was elected and our country’s border no longer looks like this. These images out of Spain are an unfortunate reminder of the consequences of mass migration and the radical left-wing globalist policies that have enabled the Invasion of the West. @BillMelugin_: https://t.co/b67fR3SEof”

      31 Jul 2026 · X · source
    2. posted

      Vance supports Trump executive orders on birthright citizenship after Supreme Court decision, calling citizenship a sacred bond not commercial transaction

      “Our immigration system has been exploited by those who treat citizenship as a commercial transaction, not a sacred bond. President Trump is taking bold steps to combat birth tourism and restore our sovereignty. A serious nation owes its citizens nothing less. https://t.co/k0zr8Sunat”

      6 Aug 2026 · X · source
    3. posted

      Vance supports Trump executive orders on birthright citizenship after Supreme Court decision, calling citizenship a sacred bond not commercial transaction

      “Our immigration system has been exploited by those who treat citizenship as a commercial transaction, not a sacred bond. President Trump is taking bold steps to combat birth tourism and restore our sovereignty. A serious nation owes its citizens nothing less. https://t.co/k0zr8Sunat”

      6 Aug 2026 · X · source
    4. spoken

      Vance claims closing the border required only a new president, not new legislation.

      “But as we've learned over the past eighteen months, it didn't require a new law to close down that border. It just required a new US president.”

      21 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 2:00 · source · permalink
    5. spoken

      Vance says Kevin Flanagan had to train his foreign replacement to receive severance, then committed suicide.

      “And the business, the bank, they told him, you're only gonna get your severance package if you trained a foreign replacement to do your job instead. And it's a heartbreaking story because he did it.”

      21 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 5:12 · source · permalink
    6. spoken

      Vance says the administration told corporations to train and hire Americans before seeking foreign workers.

      “And what we did is we told American corporations that if you wanted new workers, you gotta start by training and hiring your own countrymen.”

      21 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 2:17 · source · permalink
    7. spoken

      Vance describes American workers being forced to train their foreign replacements before losing their jobs.

      “In other cases, American workers didn't just have their jobs destroyed, they got told they were being replaced by a foreign worker, and then they had to train that worker before they got replaced.”

      21 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 4:41 · source · permalink
    8. spoken

      Vance argues worker replacement by foreign labor was the desired outcome of American elites, not an accident.

      “Being replaced by foreign workers, in other words, it was not an accident, my friends. It was the desired outcome of a generation of American elites.”

      21 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 4:08 · source · permalink
    9. spoken

      Vance says manufacturing wages rose 4.2 percent after falling under Biden, with higher gains in sectors with reduced illegal immigration.

      “manufacturing workers wages actually went up 4.2% where they went down under the Biden administration, and frankly, they've been higher in the industries where you've seen that decline in illegal immigration into our country like construction and commercial trucking.”

      21 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 1:28 · source · permalink
    10. spoken

      Vance claims all net job growth in the past eighteen months went to native-born Americans, reversing a four-year trend.

      “Do you know that all net job growth over the past eighteen months went to native born Americans, reversing a trend for four years where it all went to other people?”

      21 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 3:04 · source · permalink
    11. spoken

      Vance recounts Kevin Flanagan, a programmer told to train his foreign replacement to receive severance in 1987.

      “And the business, the bank, they told him, you're only gonna get your severance package if you trained a foreign replacement to do your job instead.”

      21 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 5:12 · source · permalink
    12. spoken

      Vance argues Democrats prioritize child predators, fraudsters, and foreign gang members over American taxpayers.

      “Whether it's child predators, Somali fraudsters, foreign gang members, or even visa fraudsters who are working to undercut American wages and steal from American taxpayers, the Democrats know who they stand for.”

      21 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 3:55 · source · permalink
    13. spoken

      Vance quotes Walz questioning deportation value and responds it makes Minnesota safer for children.

      “Walt's asked the country what good it accomplished. Did that make us any safer? That is a direct quote from the Democrat governor of Minnesota.”

      21 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 3:21 · source · permalink
    14. spoken

      Vance claims America saw net migration outflow for the first time in his lifetime.

      “And so for the first time in my life, America saw net migration out of the country as we sent millions of illegal immigrants back home.”

      21 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 2:42 · source · permalink
    15. spoken

      Vance claims an incoming Democratic congresswoman wants to abolish prisons, police, and borders.

      “One incoming democrat congresswoman wants to abolish prisons, she wants to abolish police, and she wants to abolish the borders.”

      21 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 0:20 · source · permalink
    16. spoken

      Vance claims Tim Walz pardoned a convicted child rapist to prevent his deportation from the United States.

      “Do remember Tim Waltz? Caught wind. And you know what he did? He pardoned the guy. He pardoned a literal child rapist to prevent him from being deported out of The United States Of America.”

      21 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 2:55 · source · permalink
    17. spoken

      Vance quotes Wall Street Journal editorial writer linking free trade and capital movement to free movement of labor.

      “He said someone who believes, this is a quote, in the free trade and free movements of capital, they declared, will quite naturally believe in the free movement of labor.”

      21 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 3:49 · source · permalink
    18. spoken

      Vance declares any foreign drug gang presence is unacceptable and justifies deportation with strong language.

      “a single apartment complex or a single home taken over by a foreign drug gang is one too many, which is why we gotta get those people the hell out of The United States Of America.”

      22 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 1:13 · source · permalink
    19. spoken

      Vance recalls a media anchor dismissing Venezuelan gangs taking over 'only one or two' apartment complexes in Aurora, Colorado.

      “And the anchor comes back and says to me, she says, well, they've only taken over one or two apartment complexes.”

      22 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 0:48 · source · permalink
    20. posted

      Vance responds to proposed six-figure H-1B visa fee by saying corporations should hire and train Americans instead

      “If an American corporation needs workers, it should hire and train Americans. https://t.co/C72ZYmONpK”

      24 Aug 2026 · X · source
    21. spoken

      Vance argues the establishment prioritized foreign workers and cheered corporate raiders slashing jobs.

      “We needed to open that border and prioritize foreign workers over our own citizens. They would cheer on the corporate raiders as they slashed headcount”

      24 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 0:58 · source · permalink
    22. spoken

      Vance characterizes the old consensus as prioritizing corporate profits and foreign workers over citizens.

      “What we really needed, they told us, was just to juice the short term profits of a few big corporations. We needed to open that border and prioritize foreign workers over our own citizens.”

      24 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 0:51 · source · permalink
    23. spoken

      Vance tells Democrats to have perspective on the ICE shooting controversy.

      “my message to the Democrats who are so worried about that situation is to say, have a little bit of perspective.”

      24 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 2:25 · source · permalink
    24. spoken

      Vance argues that millions of illegal aliens increased housing costs by taking homes from American citizens.

      “And when you give them houses that all go by right to American citizens, that's gonna increase the cost of housing for everybody else.”

      24 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 1:15 · source · permalink
    25. spoken

      Vance accuses Democrats of prioritizing one shooting over tens of thousands of Maine fentanyl deaths.

      “what I see from Democrats is people who are far more worried about a shooting involving an illegal alien than they are about the fact that tens of thousands of Mainers died from fentanyl overdoses by that poison brought into our community.”

      24 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 2:05 · source · permalink
    26. spoken

      Vance tells Democrats to have perspective, promises investigation of every shooting including ICE incident.

      “my message to the Democrats who are so worried about that situation is to say, have a little bit of perspective. We can absolutely investigate every shooting and we will,”

      24 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 2:25 · source · permalink
    27. spoken

      Vance claims rents are falling for the first time in a decade under Trump due to deportations.

      “Where housing doubled under the leadership of Joe Biden, rents are falling for the first time in a decade under the leadership of Donald Trump because we got people who shouldn't be here the hell out of our country.”

      24 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 1:27 · source · permalink
    28. spoken

      Vance accuses Democrats of prioritizing one shooting over tens of thousands of Maine fentanyl deaths.

      “what I see from Democrats is people who are far more worried about a shooting involving an illegal alien than they are about the fact that tens of thousands of Mainers died from fentanyl overdoses”

      24 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 2:05 · source · permalink
    29. spoken

      Vance says the administration has deported thousands of violent criminals and fraudsters.

      “we've deported thousands of violent predators, criminals, fraudsters, and other people who are making it harder for law abiding citizens to live their lives.”

      24 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 0:45 · source · permalink
    30. spoken

      Vance commits to investigating shootings while prioritizing border security and stopping fentanyl.

      “We can absolutely investigate every shooting and we will, but we can also secure our border and ensure that that poison stops coming into our country.”

      24 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 2:31 · source · permalink
    31. spoken

      Vance accuses politicians of cheering corporate raiders who offshored jobs or hired illegal aliens.

      “They would cheer on the corporate raiders as they slashed headcount and shifted all those businesses either to foreign countries or brought in illegal aliens to employ.”

      24 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 1:05 · source · permalink
    32. spoken

      “And did you know this is the craziest statistic of the entire last administration, that all of the net job creation under Joe Biden's leadership went to foreign born Americans, mostly illegal aliens.”

      25 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 0:09 · source · permalink
    33. spoken

      Vance claims all net job creation under Biden went to foreign-born Americans, mostly illegal aliens.

      “did you know this is the craziest statistic of the entire last administration, that all of the net job creation under Joe Biden's leadership went to foreign born Americans, mostly illegal aliens.”

      25 Aug 2026 · Forbes Breaking News · 0:09 · source · permalink
    34. reported

      Vance says establishment Republicans who support open borders used the same smear tactics against his father in 2016 and 2024.

      “They pulled the same c--p against my dad in 16 and 24. The more these open border RINOs smear him, the more obvious it is that he’s over the target.”

      27 Aug 2026 · The Daily Beast · Laura Esposito · source

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