Overview
- Vice President JD Vance wrote on X that “Mass migration is the theft of the American Dream,” asserting that studies disputing harm from migration are funded by beneficiaries of the current system.
- The post prompted intense pushback online, including commentator Wajahat Ali telling Vance to “send Usha, her Indian family, and your biracial kids back to India.”
- Critics emphasized that Vance’s wife, Usha, is the daughter of Indian immigrants, a biographical detail widely cited to question his stance.
- Coverage resurfaced Vance’s recent remark that it is “totally reasonable and acceptable” to prefer neighbors who share race, language or skin color, along with earlier comments about hoping his Hindu wife might adopt his Christian faith, which he later clarified she has no plans to do.
- The dispute unfolds days after USCIS suspended immigration applications from 19 designated high‑risk countries, a move reports describe as a significant tightening of the system.