The US vice president has said anyone claiming otherwise is “getting rich off of the old system”
Mass immigration is ruining the “American Dream,” US Vice President J.D. Vance has said, amid the federal government’s increase in ICE raids and deportations of illegal immigrants.
Vance made the remarks while responding to a video by a construction company owner who said it was “amazing” that immigrants were not showing up for work. “I’ve gotten more calls in the last week than I’ve gotten in the last three months,” the man said.
“Mass migration is theft of the American Dream,” Vance, whose wife was born to a family of immigrants from India, wrote on X on Saturday. “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.
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. https://t.co/O4sv8oxPVO— JD Vance (@JDVance) December 7, 2025
Vance has long argued that mass immigration is driving up prices and making housing unaffordable. “A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants,” he told Fox News last month.
US President Donald Trump launched a crackdown on illegal immigration after returning to the White House in January. He has ramped up immigration raids and vowed to carry out the largest deportation in US history, while prioritizing the removal of dangerous criminals.
Democrats and migrant rights groups have argued that federal agents often deport people with no criminal records or history of violence, including the spouses of American citizens. Activists have held protests outside detention centers in numerous cities, and during the large-scale ‘No Kings’ marches in June and October, they accused Trump of abuse of power.
Trump, in turn, has accused his critics of protecting criminals and has drawn attention to several high-profile crimes, including a recently uncovered welfare fraud scheme in Minnesota involving members of the Somali community in the state.
