By Even Hillary will admit that her party has gone insane. The former Secretary of State acknowledged Saturday that mass migration has exceeded acceptable levels and created destabilizing consequences, marking a notable rhetorical shift during remarks at the Munich Security Conference.
Speaking on a panel devoted to divisions within the West and the question of shared values, Clinton identified immigration as a principal source of political tension across Europe and the United States, according to The New York Post.
“There is a legitimate reason to have a debate about things like migration,” Clinton said. “It went too far, it’s been disruptive and destabilizing, and it needs to be fixed in a humane way with secure borders that don’t torture and kill people and how we’re going to have a strong family structure because it is at the base of civilization.”
Hillary Clinton admits illegal immigration went too far:
“It went too far, it’s been disruptive and destabilizing.”
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Her remarks stood out not merely for their substance but for their tone. Clinton has long been associated with the open border policies of Democratic administrations. On Saturday, she finally admitted she was wrong.
Clinton referenced the deportation records of former President Bill Clinton and former President Barack Obama, arguing that both administrations removed more individuals from the United States than President Donald Trump during his terms. She asserted that those removals occurred without the detention of children or fatalities involving U.S. citizens.
The comparison appeared designed to rebut the prevailing narrative that Democratic administrations uniformly favor looser enforcement. At the same time, Clinton reiterated that any corrective measures must be undertaken “in a humane way,” emphasizing border security without cruelty.
The comments contrast with her stance during the 2016 presidential campaign. Then, Clinton supported executive actions under Obama that shielded certain undocumented immigrants from deportation. She opposed major expansions of physical border barriers, advocated ending family detention centers, and called for reducing immigration enforcement raids, arguing that such operations generated unnecessary fear within communities.
In the years that followed, she sharply criticized the Trump administration’s family separation policies at the southern border, describing them as morally indefensible. More recently, she emphasized the economic contributions of immigrants—both legal and undocumented—to the American labor force, framing immigration as a demographic and economic asset.
Saturday’s remarks suggest a recalibration, at least in Clinton World, which has often been the first in the party to recognize how insane the Democrats have gone. While Clinton did not repudiate prior humanitarian arguments, she conceded that migration flows themselves had crossed a threshold, producing social and political disruption. The language of “destabilizing” effects reflects a recognition that immigration policy has become a defining fault line within Western democracies.
The Munich conference appearance centered primarily on transatlantic cohesion, Western identity, and geopolitical pressures, something that threw AOC for a loop during a panel that her supporters no doubt thought were launch her presidential campaign for 2028.
Whether Clinton’s remarks signal a broader shift within Democratic circles remains unclear, but it’s unlikely. By acknowledging that migration “went too far,” she entered territory that, until recently, had been off limits to the left. What happens next is anyone’s guess.
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