Charlie Kirk endorses a total moratorium on legal immigration
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From a November 9, 2023, Turning Point USA live event streamed on Rumble
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Hi, Charlie. Thanks so much for coming out. And you mentioned earlier in your talk that 8 million people have illegally immigrated to this country since Biden took office.
CHARLIE KIRK: Ish, yeah.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Ish, right. Which is extremely concerning for national security reasons among many other. But given the rapid demographic change this country has experienced and the consequent destruction of American identity, would you support a reduction or even a complete moratorium on legal immigration?
KIRK: Yup. Moratorium. I've said that before. Yep. Thank you.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Awesome.
KIRK: And by the way, I'll say this, every American student should be put ahead of a foreign student. Here's the thing. You guys are gonna have a harder time than – I'm just gonna use a reason for – here. If you are an American student, it's harder than ever for you to do very basic things. By the way, this is not a right or left issue. We're sitting on a potential Russian revolution right now because you're about to have 50 million young people that own nothing. They might be able to pay for rent. Every dollar is going towards their living expenses and they're not getting married and not having children.
That is a – that is a political thermonuclear bomb that is about to detonate. You have 50 million people that don't own property and they're not getting married and they don't have kids. So why should we bring in foreign workers while our own students can't find jobs? We have a moral obligation to try to raise the wages and the standard of living of our citizens first and then we can start talking about increasing legal immigration after that. Thank you.