‘Your grandpa migrated from India to US in 1969’: Mehdi Hasan to Nikki Haley’s son over immigration

The British-American journalist Mehdi Hasan seemed to teach a lesson to Nikki Haley's son on immigration in the US. It all started on social media when Nikki's son, Nalin Haley, argued for ending mass immigration to the US. Hasan reminded him that Nilin's own grandfather was a migrant. Nilin's grandfather migrated from India to the US in 1969.

"I don't care where you are from. Even if it's Canada, we have to stop mass migration. We have too many people. It's irresponsible to let in immigrants when companies already aren't hiring, AI is replacing many jobs, and the economy is fragile. The last thing we need is foreigners taking away jobs Americans can do," wrote the 24-year-old, who is the son of former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley.

He also argued that states should be allowed to deny H-1B visas to foreign workers. He said, "Buy from businesses that hire Americans. I;m aware immigration law is federal but individual states should also be allowed to deny H-1B visa workers in their states."

Responding to this on X, Hasan wrote, "Nalin's grandfather, Ajit Singh Randhawa, the late father of Nikki Haley, a Sikh immigrant from India, had to confront similar bogus anti-immigrant arguments from the right when he moved to the US for work in 1969."

Shortly, Nalin hit back saying, "This ain't 1969, bud. And you should be denaturalised. All you do is complain about America anyway."

This after Mehdi Hasan took a dig at US President Donald Trump during a speech at the No Kings protest in Washington. During the demonstration, in which thousands of people across America participated, Hasan said, “The great irony is, of course, that Donald Trump is the son of an immigrant, the grandson of an immigrant, and married to an immigrant."

“In fact, two of his three wives were immigrants, proving yet again that immigrants will do the jobs that even Americans are not willing to do,” he added.