Nikki Haley’s son has stirred the pot by advocating for a complete halt to legal immigration and a significant reduction in foreign aid, diverging significantly from his mother’s views.

Nalin Haley, the offspring of the former UN Ambassador and current presidential hopeful, ignited a debate during a Saturday interview with the anti-establishment platform, UnHerd.

In the conversation, he controversially suggested that journalist Mehdi Hasan should be expelled from the U.S., highlighting that young MAGA conservatives are less interested in sticking to old traditions.

The 24-year-old, known for his strong Republican opinions, admitted that his support for his mother’s 2024 campaign was primarily out of familial duty.

Nikki Haley, whose roots trace back to Indian immigrants from Punjab who settled in the U.S. in the early 1960s, has long championed legal immigration and viewed foreign aid as essential to America’s international strategy.

When questioned about his comment on deporting Hasan, Nalin Haley stood firm, insisting he meant it sincerely.

‘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. 

Nalin 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.