JD Vance Fires Back At Hecklers Shouting At Him For Wanting To Secure Border

Vice President JD Vance called out hecklers who shouted at him for pointing out the negative consequences illegal immigration has on Americans’ livelihoods during his Monday speech at the National League of Cities.

The first heckler began shouting at the vice president as he pointed out a correlation between a mass influx in immigration and a rise in housing prices. In response, Vance stated that President Donald Trump’s administration is cracking down on illegal immigration in order to “make it more affordable for Americans to live.”

“I see one of our nice representatives out here actually wants to actually, I guess, continue to flood the country with illegal immigrants, making your communities and citizens unaffordable,” Vance said in response to the heckler. “But ma’am, with all respect, one of the reasons why we’re doing what we’re doing is we want to make more affordable for Americans to live. That is one of the reasons why we’re doing what we’re doing.”

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Another heckler began shouting at the vice president moments later, with Vance continuing to defend his administration’s enforcement of the southern border.

“Maybe he’ll shout it in front of 2,000 people, I can’t even hear what you’re saying, sir,” Vance told the heckler. “But importantly on this question of immigration, we have to recognize that yes, you can disagree with some the laws that are in place, you can disagree with the enforcement of those laws, you can even vote for people who want to change those laws. But while we have immigration laws on the books, we will enforce them and we expect our local municipalities to help us.”

Vance, who visited the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Thursday, said illegal immigration burdens local communities, including hospitals, resources and schools, and called on the nation to “acknowledge” the importance of border security.