Friend, as you may have heard, former South Carolina Governor and Trump administration official Nikki Haley recently announced her bid for the White House in 2024.
Although there are many, here are 5 things you should know about GOP candidate Nikki Haley:
- During her time in the South Carolina General Assembly, Haley sponsored and voted to pass the “Illegal Immigration Reform Act,” which required people to prove their lawful presence in the U.S. to receive public benefits, prohibited undocumented immigrants from attending state universities or receiving state-funded scholarships, and imposed new immigration requirements on employers.
- Modeled after Arizona’s notorious “Show Me Your Papers” law, Haley signed a law that allowed local police to check any one’s immigration status during routine traffic stops based on “reasonable suspicion,” essentially an open invitation for officers to racially profile drivers. After drawing immense backlash and receiving legal challenges, the law was almost entirely struck down by a federal judge.
- In July 2014, she asked the DHS Secretary to bar unaccompanied migrant children from being sheltered in South Carolina in order to “protect” the state.
- As governor, Haley also sued the Obama administration for its executive order protecting undocumented immigrants from deportation and extending the right to work.
- Later, as Trump’s United Nations Ambassador, she defended Trump’s xenophobic Muslim and African Bans, which restricted U.S. entry to thousands of people and separated families.
There’s no denying that a Haley administration would put immigrant communities in danger. That’s why we are working hard to ensure Nikki Haley does not get anywhere near the Oval Office. Friend, will you donate $5 or more to help our work to defeat extreme candidates like Nikki Haley and Donald Trump and the GOP’s dangerous anti-immigrant agenda — and support our work to increase the political power of immigrants across the country?
Our work would be impossible without you. Thanks for all you do.
Bri Gillis
Vice President, Political Strategy
NILC Immigrant Justice Fund
