Overview
- At a Turning Point USA event at the University of Mississippi, the vice president said the United States must get legal immigration numbers "way, way down" without specifying a target.
- Pressed by an audience member who said immigrants were "sold a dream," Vance said the government should honor existing legal promises but reduce future inflows and focus enforcement on those who violated the law.
- On a podcast, Vance framed border control as consistent with Catholic teaching on national sovereignty, saying nations are allowed to control their borders.
- He cited Springfield, Ohio, as an example of local strain, describing an influx of Haitian migrants he said drove housing pressures, and he reiterated administration claims of roughly 2 million fewer migrants through deportations and self-deportations.
- Coverage also referenced large-scale removals and the State Department’s report that more than 6,000 international student visas were revoked earlier this year.