US Vice President JD Vance has once again wandered into the political buzzsaw, declaring that “mass migration is theft of the American Dream,” a line that instantly lit up the internet, drew accusations of hypocrisy, and launched a thousand memes before breakfast. Vance set off a political fire alarm this week after declaring that mass migration is “theft of the American Dream,” a line that critics immediately labeled hypocritical — given that his wife, Usha, is the American-born daughter of Indian immigrants. Vance made the claim in a post on X, warning that immigrants were robbing U.S. workers of opportunity and alleging that any studies that say otherwise are funded by “people getting rich off the old system.” One user promptly fired back: “That means you have to send Usha, her Indian family, and your biracial kids back to India. Let us know when buy the plane tickets. You must lead by example.”Another user said, “I am getting sick of this. What is Usha’s family doing in andhra? They need to speak up against this racist b*****d and why Usha is allowing the mockery of her ethnicity and religion. Now I am more interested in what made her marry this b*****d.A user said, “Wait, isn’t your wife Indian from immigrant family?” It’s far from the first time Vance has gone viral for immigration talk. On a recent New York Post podcast, he said it was “totally reasonable” to prefer neighbors who share one’s race, language, or skin color, adding that a future Trump administration would try to “remove as many [undocumented migrants] as we possibly can.” And the uproar dredged up another mini-scandal: Vance’s remarks about hoping his Hindu wife will someday adopt his Christian faith. He later insisted Usha “has no plans to convert,” but the comments sparked a fresh round of side-eye online. Meanwhile, the broader immigration crackdown is accelerating. The Trump administration has ordered a sweeping freeze on immigration applications from 19 “high-risk” countries — stalling green cards, asylum claims, and citizenship requests for millions. USCIS says the move is about security after the fatal shooting of a National Guard member by an Afghan asylum seeker in Washington, DC; immigrant families call it collective punishment dressed up as policy.
