Nikki Haley‘s son has called for a ban on legal immigration and for all foreign aid to be slashed in a marked break from his mother.
Nalin Haley, son of the ex-UN Ambassador and presidential candidate, sparked controversy in an interview Saturday with anti-woke online commentary site, UnHerd.
He called for prominent Muslim liberal journalist Mehdi Hasan, who is British, to be thrown out of the country as he warned that the younger generation of MAGA conservatives wasn’t concerned with rigid adherence to outdated conventions.
The 24-year-old, who has been making waves for his strident Republican stance, even suggested that he only supported his mother’s 2024 primary to be a ‘good son.’
Nikki Haley, whose parents are Indian immigrants who moved to the United States from Punjab in the early 1960s, has previously defended legal immigration and supported maintaining foreign aid as a core element of America’s global strategy.
When pressed on his remarks about deporting Hasan, Nalin Haley emphasized he was being serious.
‘No, I quite literally mean that… I mean, [Hasan] hates America. If you hate America, you shouldn’t be in America. … Everyone wants to make it so complicated. That’s the thing with the past generation. They always talk about the rules, regulations, and process. No, it’s simple. If you don’t like America, get out,’ he said.
Haley said that he refused to simply follow the political views of his parents.
Haley, only 24-years-old, is making waves for his pro-MAGA commentary, even dissing the likes of political figures like Vivek Ramaswamy
Haley, making a bold statement, stated that anyone who dislikes America should leave, adding that he believes Hasan should lose his citizenship and be removed from the country
‘I didn’t and was never going to be an advocate for a view that I did not have,’ he said referring to his mother’s challenge to Donald Trump in the GOP primary.
He also argued that the US should stop all forms of foreign aid until issues like unemployment and medical debt are addressed.
Haley went against Vivek Ramaswamy’s call to Republicans to move away from identity politics and avoid focusing on race or religion following the republican parties losses in New Jersey, New York and Virginia.
The young firebrand dismissed Ramaswamy’s stance as ‘cringeworthy.’
‘My friend group from high school, all graduated, great degrees from great schools. It’s been a year and a half, and not one of them has a job — not one,’ he said, adding, ‘I’m angry at that, because I’m having to try and help my friends get jobs when their parents got jobs immediately — not just after graduating college, but out of high school,’ he said.
Haley went on to say that housing has become increasingly unaffordable, adding that he feels he won’t be able to afford one in this economy.
‘My parents bought their first house for $90,000. I mean, that house is probably now worth $400,000,’ he said. ‘How can we compete?’
Haley has often spoken about her parents’ journey to the US from India, describing how they built a life for she and her three siblings in rural South Carolina.
Nikki Haley in the late 1970s. The Randhawa family were reportedly tight knit as the only Indian family in rural Bamberg County when Gov. Nikki Haley and her siblings grew up there. Her parents, Ajit and Raj Randhawa, are in the center surrounded by their children. Nikki is in the jumper on the left. Clockwise from her are older sister Simran, big brother Mitti and, at bottom, little brother Simmi
Nikki Haley with her parents in a Father’s Day Post to her Facebook Account in 2017
Nalin Haley, the son of former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley , made headlines with an interview he gave, saying that the US should stop foreign aid and also pause legal immigration
The Republican has framed their experience, as the only Indian family in their community, as evidence of America’s openness to hardworking immigrants who want to contribute and succeed.
During her tenure as UN ambassador, Haley defended foreign aid as a tool of soft power, emphasizing that strategic assistance to allies helps prevent global instability and promotes US interests abroad.
She argued that aid, when properly targeted, can reduce conflict and terrorism long before it reaches the US.
On immigration, Haley has repeatedly drawn a distinction between legal and illegal entry, calling for stronger border security but praising legal immigrants as a vital part of the country’s economic and cultural diversity.
She frequently referred to her own family’s story as a testament to the American Dream – a perspective at odds with her son’s calls for freezing legal immigration entirely.
Daily Mail reached out to Hasan for comment.
