Overview
- Nalin Haley posted on X calling to stop what he termed mass immigration, arguing overcrowding, a fragile economy, and AI-driven job losses.
- He urged allowing states to deny H-1B workers and referenced tighter checks, as coverage noted a recently reported proposal to set a $100,000 H-1B application fee.
- Journalist Mehdi Hasan responded by highlighting that Haley’s grandfather, Ajit Singh Randhawa, immigrated from India to the United States in 1969.
- Haley replied, “This ain’t 1969,” and said Hasan should be denaturalised, later escalating by suggesting people with such views should be deported.
- Hasan countered with an excerpt from Nikki Haley’s book about her family’s early struggles, while online critics accused Nalin Haley of hypocrisy.