Vance: Growing the U.S. economy via cheap imported labor is a dead end
JD Vance · Winning the AI Race Part 2: Vice President JD Vance · Jul 23, 2025 · at 9:17
Vice President JD Vance contrasts the administration's focus on technology-driven productivity growth against economic growth based on labor immigration.
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“When we try to grow our economy, frankly, through importing cheap labor, that I think is a dead end.”
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