Vice President J.D. Vance outlined his view that the United States must set immigration levels based on current national needs rather than on past practices or historical sentiment.
Speaking during a public exchange, Vance said he believes the country can both respect immigrants who entered legally and contributed to the nation while still reducing future immigration levels to protect the interests of American citizens.
“Okay, so again, I’m gonna finish answering the question, and then if you know, if I’ve answered all nine of your questions in less than 15 minutes, then we can keep on going. We got to have a little fun, right?” Vance said as he opened his remarks.
He then explained that honoring prior lawful immigration does not obligate the country to accept unlimited numbers going forward.
“So here, here’s, here’s the thing. I can believe that the United States should, should lower its levels of immigration in the future, while also respecting that there are people who have come here through immigration, Pat lawful immigration pathways that have contributed to the country,” he said.
Vance argued that contributions from past immigrants cannot serve as a mandate for future admissions on a massive scale.
“But just because one person or 10 people or 100 people came in legally and contributed to the United States of America, does that mean that we’re thereby committed to let in a million or 10 million or 100 million people a year in the future? No, that’s not right,” he said.
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He stressed that immigration policy must be flexible and updated to reflect present-day realities rather than bound to what may have worked decades ago.
“We cannot have I’ll go and finish. We cannot have an immigration policy where what was good for the country 50 or 60 years ago binds the country inevitably for the future,” Vance said.
Vance added that global demand to enter the United States far exceeds what the country can reasonably accept.
“There’s too many people who want to come to the United States of America,” he said.
He concluded by highlighting his constitutional responsibility: “And my job as vice president is not to look out for the interest of the whole world. It’s to look out for the people of the United States now.”
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