The post, centred around the debate on birthright citizenship in the US, has drawn attention for its tone and claims.
In the shared content, Savage criticised the existing citizenship policy, arguing against automatic citizenship for children born in the US to non-citizen parents, referring to India, China and other nations as “hell-holes”.
Referring to ongoing discussions in the US Supreme Court, he suggested that the issue should be decided through a national referendum rather than judicial interpretation. “A baby here becomes an instant citizen, and then they bring in their entire family from China, or India, or some other hell-hole on the planet,” he said in the letter.
He also alleged misuse of the system through “birth tourism,” claiming that families travel to the US late in pregnancy to secure citizenship for their children. The remarks included derogatory descriptions of immigrants from India and China, as well as claims about their influence in sectors such as technology.
“They’ve done more damage to this nation than all the mafia families put together. In my un-humble opinion. Gangsters with laptops. They’ve robbed us, blind, treated us like second-class citizens, let the turd world triumph, stepped on our flag, et cetera,” he added.
Savage further mentioned that he “used to be a great supporter of Indians in India” until he realised the chances of “white men” finding jobs at a high-tech company in California were “nil”.
“I used to be a great supporter of Indians in India until I opened my eyes up to what’s going on here. White men need not apply to jobs in the state of California. Never mind in high tech. I don’t care what your qualifications are. You’re not getting a job at High Tech in California. Your chances are nil. You have to be from India or China because almost all the internal mechanisms are set up to be run by Indians and Chinese. I know it for a fact, and you don’t have to argue with it. If you don’t know what you’re talking about, don’t argue with me,” the letter read.
The letter further mentioned that the Constitution was drafted before the advent of air travel, television, the internet, and radio. It questioned the contemporary relevance of certain arguments, particularly in the context of individuals arriving by aeroplane in their ninth month of pregnancy.
“We can’t modify the Constitution because it’s written in stone, and if we do, they’ll take away our First and Second amendment, which is what they would do. So that’s the problem. The Constitution was written before air travel, needless to say, before television, before the internet, before radio, and you could say, how relevant are some of these arguments when people are coming here by airplane in the ninth month of their pregnancy?” he said.
Trump shared the content shortly after stating that the US was the only country offering birthright citizenship. In an interview with CNBC on Tuesday, the President stated that “no country in the world” offers birthright citizenship apart from US, an assertion that is factually incorrect.
Several nations, including Canada and Mexico, as well as many countries in South America, grant citizenship based on place of birth.
“In reality, about three dozen countries provide automatic citizenship to people born on their soil, including US neighbors Canada and Mexico and the majority of South American countries,” CNN wrote.
