Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said mass migration has “gone too far” and must be addressed with secure borders during a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference this week.

Clinton spoke during a panel titled “The West–West Divide: What Remains of Common Values” while in Germany, where she acknowledged that debate over migration is justified and called for enforcement that is both secure and “humane.”

“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.”

The remarks mark a notable shift from many of Clinton’s recent positions on immigration. As recently as last year, she echoed prevailing Democratic arguments emphasizing the economic benefits of immigration. Speaking at the Newmark Civic Life Series in Manhattan, Clinton highlighted immigrants’ role in bolstering the U.S. workforce. “One of the reasons why our economy did so much better than comparable advanced economies across the world is because we actually had a replenishment, because we had a lot of immigrants, legally and undocumented, who had a, you know, larger than normal — by American standards — families.” 

In 2018, Clinton sharply criticized the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies, particularly family separation. “It is now the official policy of the U.S. government — a nation of immigrants — to separate children from their families,” she wrote on X at the time. “That is an absolute disgrace.”

During her 2016 presidential campaign, Clinton opposed large-scale expansion of a border wall and supported executive actions by then-President Barack Obama that deferred immigration enforcement against millions of illegal immigrants. She also advocated ending family detention as part of broader immigration reform, often prioritizing humanitarian considerations over strict enforcement.

Her 2016 platform included a proposal to expand the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to all families regardless of immigration status. Clinton said her goal was to “expand access to affordable health care to all families … regardless of immigration status.”

Yet even earlier in her political career, Clinton took a more restrictive stance on immigration benefits. In a 1993 congressional hearing, she argued against what would be her platform in just a few decades: “We do not think the comprehensive health care benefits should be extended to those who are undocumented workers and illegal aliens. We do not want to do anything to encourage more illegal immigration.”

It seems Hillary Clinton has now come full circle on the issue.

Taken together, Clinton’s record on immigration reveals a pattern of shifting positions that track closely with the political moment. From warning that benefits for undocumented immigrants would encourage illegal immigration, to defending broad protections and expanded access to government programs, and now returning to language emphasizing border security, her public stance has repeatedly changed with the times. The evolution reflects the sharpest criticism of Clinton that’s followed her throughout her career: that on major policy questions, her positions have often been shaped less by fixed principle than by political fortune and prevailing winds.

A man with a years-long criminal record allegedly pushed one woman onto the subway tracks in New York City before punching another woman in the face on Saturday.

Curtis Signal, 25, was arrested at a nearby homeless shelter and charged with assault, harassment, and reckless endangerment, the New York Post reported.

The first woman, 51, suffered broken ribs after being pushed. The second woman, 43, suffered a busted lip. The attack took place on the R subway line in Brooklyn.

Signal is on probation until June 2027, the Post reported. In 2023, he allegedly punched a 67-year-old woman in the face, and punched a police officer one week later. Before that, he allegedly attacked a 31-year-old woman at a doctor’s office, and he was charged with assault after hitting his 13-year-old sister.

Al Rivera, who heard about the subway attack from a friend of one of the victims, told the Post that Signal would probably be released.

“He did wrong to those people and he is not going to stop until someone sends him to the cemetery,” Rivera said. “He’s not going to stay in jail. It’s a rotating door.”

A maniac pushed a woman onto the subway tracks and punched another lady in the face in Brooklyn Saturday — and was later arrested at a nearby shelter, police and sources said. pic.twitter.com/RtLPRIYOK2

— New York Post (@nypost) February 14, 2026

Despite New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s promise to “deliver an agenda of safety, affordability, and abundance,” crime on New York City’s transit system has increased 17% since last year, the Post reported.

That number included a 9% increase in assaults, with 71 this year compared to 65 last year, and robberies have seen a 58% increase. A man was killed at a Bronx subway station on Tuesday, the first subway murder of the year.

One woman, Yolene Martinez, told the Post that these attacks make her afraid to take the train into Manhattan for work.

“Every time I hear something like this, I get more fearful,” Martinez said. “It’s happening too often — someone gets pushed on the tracks, someone gets slashed, someone gets shot.”

Mamdani recently received criticism for saying that a mentally ill man who attacked police officers with a knife should receive mental health treatment instead of being prosecuted. Police had shot the alleged attacker after he charged them with a large kitchen knife, Fox News reported.

In addition to rising crime, Mamdani has been criticized for a rising homeless death toll, as severe winter weather saw nineteen people dead as of Thursday, The Daily Wire previously reported.

Curtis Sliwa, former New York City mayoral candidate and long-time New Yorker, said part of the problem lies in the city’s sanctuary status — diverting resources to illegal aliens instead of the homeless — but he added that Mamdani is still partially to blame.

“I don’t see any of the homeless outreach workers that the mayor keeps talking about,” he said.