Claim: Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley rejected a rival’s accusation that she opposes limits on legal immigration, saying, “That’s not true — you’re lying.”
Verdict: False. Haley told supporters in October, “We need to go to our industries and say, ‘What [workers] do you need that you don’t have?’ … Then you bring people in that can fill those needs.”
The clash came late in the December 6 NewsNation debate for Republican candidates.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said, “Nikki Haley said the other day there should be no limits on legal immigration and that corporate CEOs should set the policy on that. There needs to be limits on immigration.”
“That’s not true. You’re lying,” Haley responded.
She did not revisit the dispute later in the debate.
“Haley did indeed say immigration should not be numerically limited,” said a subsequent tweet from Mark Krikorian, director of the Center for Immigration Studies.
On November 11, Breitbart News posted the video and described her comments.
“So for too long, Republican and Democrat presidents dealt with immigration based on…
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