Nalin Haley, the son of former US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, has stirred controversy after saying that none of his friends who graduated from top universities with strong degrees have been able to find jobs. He also expressed strong views on immigration, calling for a complete end to H-1B visas.
In an interview with Fox News, the 24-year-old spoke critically about US immigration and employment policies. His remarks drew attention because H-1B visas are typically granted to highly skilled foreign professionals, many of whom are from India.
When asked about his opposition to H-1B visas despite being Indian-American, Nalin responded, “I mean, they shouldn’t be because I’ve seen how it’s affected my friends and those around me. At the end of the day, my loyalty is to America.”
He went on to say, “What we saw with Obama is that we had a lot of immigrants coming here, and the thought was, ‘Oh, you don’t need to change. You don’t need to have your loyalty to America. You could be who you are.’ No, you need to assimilate. And you need to act like an American and support American values and support American workers and American people.”
Nalin argued that the job market has left many young Americans struggling after college. “We are seeing kids graduate with six figures in debt and not having a job to show for it. My main friend group graduated with great degrees from great schools. It’s been a year and a half since graduation. Not one of them has a job,” he said.
He cited statistics to support his claim, adding, “When we look at all the other statistics, we see that 58% of recent college graduates are unemployed. Of those 42% that are employed, 50% of them have temporary jobs or jobs that don’t require a degree.”
Reinforcing his earlier stance from a previous interview with UnHerd, Nalin repeated his call to end H-1B visas. “We need to get rid of the foreign worker visas. We need to ban H-1B visas. And we need to punish companies that are not putting American workers first and are putting foreigners first. It is a massive problem,” he told Fox News.
