Vice President J.D. Vance is once again sounding the alarm on mass immigration, arguing that unprecedented levels of illegal entry are stretching America’s housing supply, inflating costs, and undermining the stability of the American middle class.
Vance’s comments come amid an ongoing national debate over the roots of the inflation and cost-of-living crisis that millions of Americans continue to endure.
While critics insist the true culprit is runaway monetary expansion and federal overspending, Vance argues that immigration policy bears direct responsibility for the pressure on working families.
“A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive,” Vance told Fox News last month.
“Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants.”
Vance has framed the issue not simply as an economic burden, but as a moral one.
Responding to a video from a construction company owner who claimed immigrant workers were suddenly not showing up for jobs, Vance wrote on X:
“Mass migration is theft of the American Dream.
“It has always been this way, and every position paper, think tank piece, and econometric study suggesting otherwise is paid for by the people getting rich off of the old system.”
He added that anyone denying the impact of mass immigration is “getting rich off of the old system.”
Vance’s remarks come as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has intensified raids and deportations under President Donald Trump’s second-term crackdown on illegal immigration.
The administration has maintained that aggressively enforcing the border is essential to national security, wage stability, and the long-term viability of American housing markets.
Democrats and pro-migration advocacy groups, however, have responded by accusing the vice president of dehumanizing immigrants and diverting blame away from federal monetary policies and government-driven inflation.
They point to Vance’s longstanding skepticism of migration from non-European countries and say his rhetoric contributes to a polarized national environment.
“It has always been this way,” Vance reiterated Saturday, doubling down on his argument that large-scale migration benefits corporate interests at the expense of American workers.
His wife, Usha Vance, was born to a family of Indian immigrants.
Vance’s critics argue that the U.S. cost-of-living crisis stems more from years of expansive Federal Reserve activity and government spending than from immigrant labor supply.
Supporters counter that immigration pressures and inflationary policy are not mutually exclusive and that the administration can and must address both simultaneously.
The debate highlights a growing philosophical divide on whether America’s economic instability is primarily a monetary crisis, a border crisis, or a combination of both.
However, Vance’s position is clear and increasingly central to the administration’s messaging:
Restoring affordability requires restoring control.
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