(AP) - Vice President JD Vance advocated a slowdown in legal immigration Wednesday, saying, “We have to get the overall numbers way, way down.”

Vance took questions from students at the University of Mississippi at an event organized by Turning Point USA, stepping into the role of debater that was so often performed by the organization’s slain founder, Charlie Kirk.

Vice President JD Vance takes the stage during a "This Is the Turning Point" campus tour event at the University of Mississippi, in Oxford, Miss., Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Vance said the optimal number of legal immigrants to admit is “far less than what we’ve been accepting,” but he did not offer a firm number when pressed by a woman who questioned his stance. He criticized former President Joe B

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