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JD Vance Defends Trump Immigration Crackdown, Spreads Haitian Myths

7/3/2026

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JD Vance framed his memoir tour as a moral defense of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
He dismissed detention-record criticism, claimed immigration limits stop alleged cartel sex-trafficking, and repeated false rumors that Haitian newcomers in Springfield, Ohio, ate pets and spread tuberculosis despite no evidence.
Vance opposed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act and said immigration fuels declining religiosity, although Pew data show higher Christian affiliation among immigrants.

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Story summary

JD Vance framed his memoir tour as a moral defense of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
He dismissed detention-record criticism, claimed immigration limits stop alleged cartel sex-trafficking, and repeated false rumors that Haitian newcomers in Springfield, Ohio, ate pets and spread tuberculosis despite no evidence.
Vance opposed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act and said immigration fuels declining religiosity, although Pew data show higher Christian affiliation among immigrants.