As the electoral cycle rages on, Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance has ramped up his rhetoric, especially when it comes to unlawful immigration. As Politico recently described it: Vance has become "an attack dog" for the Trump campaign.
On Wednesday, during a Republican rally at Raleigh's Union Station, Vance continued to hammer the message, linking "illegal aliens" to the rising cost of housing there and accusing the Biden administration of prioritizing immigrants without legal authorization over U.S. citizens, a claim that had already been laid out by former president Trump a few days back during a policy speech to the Economic Club of New York. As Vance put it:
