J.D. Vance Blamed Immigrants for the Housing Crisis. Corporate Greed Is the Real Culprit.
“The simple fact is that the housing crisis lies squarely at the feet of the malevolence of developers just like Donald Trump himself.”
During the first and only vice presidential debate of this election cycle, Republican Sen. J.D. Vance’s lies and misinformation about immigrants went largely unchecked, including a claim that undocumented immigrants are to blame for rising housing costs.
“You have got housing that is totally unaffordable because we brought in millions of illegal immigrants to compete with Americans for scarce homes,” said Vance, repeating an argument he made in an interview this summer. “We should be kicking out illegal immigrants who are competing for those homes, and we should be building more homes for the American citizens who deserve to be here,” the Republican vice presidential candidate said at a different point in the debate.
Jessica Washington October 2, 2024
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