Overview
- Speaking to students at a Turning Point USA forum at the University of Mississippi, the vice president said the United States must get immigration numbers "way, way down" without naming a target.
- A woman described by outlets as of Indian origin challenged him on restricting legal pathways, and he replied that existing legal promises should be honored while future admissions are reduced and illegal entries face enforcement.
- Erika Kirk introduced the event in one of her first public appearances since taking over Turning Point, and video of the exchange circulated widely online.
- The remarks came as the administration continues mass deportations and as the State Department reported more than 6,000 international student visas revoked in August.
- In a recent podcast, he cited Haitian arrivals in Springfield, Ohio, to illustrate local strain and said the administration has lowered the net migrant population by about 2 million through deportations and what he called self‑deportations.