Sunny Hostin slammed as she insists it's 'not illegal' to be undocumented: 'Just a bunch of lies'

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: 'The View' host Sunny Hostin suggested on Monday, June 9, that it's "not illegal to be undocumented" because it's considered a civil offense.

During the episode, the co-hosts of the talk show slammed President Donald Trump for deploying National Guard troops to Los Angeles over the weekend amid the intensifying protests, according to Fox News.

Sunny Hostin insists it's not illegal or a crime to be undocumented

During Monday's episode, Sara Haines talked about the Donald Trump administration's deportation efforts and said, "60 percent of the American public, two-thirds of independents, 90 percent of Republicans, and just a little under half of Democrats think the crime is in being undocumented."

"What I'm saying is, a massive amount of this country actually agrees with, not how he's doing it, but what he's doing," she added.

Hostin explained, "There's misinformation out there. Let's axe that right now, because it is not illegal to be undocumented. It is not a crime to be undocumented. People are not illegal. We need to put that information out there. It is a civil infraction."

Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said it wasn't a broad misunderstanding as she referred back to Haines' argument, per the outlet.

The former White House aide said, "I think that 60% of Americans believe it’s a civil offense and that if you come here, and you’re undocumented, that you should be deported."

Haines further informed her co-hosts that there was more support for deportations than they realized.

Meanwhile, California Governor Gavin Newsom has also criticized Trump for mobilizing the National Guard to quell immigration-related protests in LA. 

Newsom wrote on X (formerly Twitter), "I have formally requested the Trump Administration rescind their unlawful deployment of troops in Los Angeles county and return them to my command."

He added, "We didn’t have a problem until Trump got involved. This is a serious breach of state sovereignty — inflaming tensions while pulling resources from where they’re actually needed."

Internet slams Sunny Hostin for insisting it's not illegal to be undocumented

Several internet users slammed Sunny Hostin as she insisted that it's "not illegal to be undocumented" because it's considered a civil offense during Monday's episode of 'The View'.

One wrote on X, "Sunny Hostin is as dumb as a bag of rocks," while another added, "Its irrelevant what these demons think."

A person stated, "They should just throw away. This whole show with the host. Let’s put the whole thing in the dumpster," whereas someone else remarked, "Has she invited any to live in her home yet?"

"If you repeat the lie enough you start to believe it," another tweet read, while one more expressed, "It’s like these people hear whats really going on and say I’m going to say the complete opposite haha."

"Yes, this is what we voted for. The View is just a bunch of lies and left propaganda. If they were neutral and objective, they would be good," another wrote. 

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