Megyn Kelly Faces Backlash Over ‘profoundly Racist’ Rant Against Haitian Immigrants After Supreme Court Ruling

Right-wing commentator Megyn Kelly is facing backlash complete a vulgar rant against Haitian immigrants aft nan Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump’s management tin return distant humanitarian protections for tens of thousands of people.

“Go home! Get out! We cognize our state is amended than yours,” Kelly said connected her podcast The Megyn Kelly Show on Thursday aft nan precocious court’s ruling.

“That’s because we filled it pinch our activity ethic and our civilization and our values!” she said. “You being present only dilutes it for us, those who built it and unrecorded it. And half of you group — much than half of you — won’t assimilate. We don’t want you!”

Kelly was reacting to a 6-3 determination from nan Supreme Court’s blimpish mostly that allows nan Department of Homeland Security to extremity Temporary Protected Status for Haiti and Syria, a determination that could unit astir 350,000 Haitians and thousands much Syrians to return to nan countries they fled.

“Profoundly racist. Morally reprehensible,” Professor Eddie S. Glaude Jr. of Princeton University’s African American Studies Department wrote connected X successful guidance to Kelly’s claims that Haitian immigrants deficiency activity ethic and values.

Congress created nan TPS programme successful 1990 to assistance impermanent ineligible position to group fleeing war, earthy disasters and “extraordinary and temporary” conditions successful their location countries. Haiti was first designated for TPS aft a 2010 earthquake killed much than 200,000 group and devastated nan country.

Armed group unit has forced 1.4 cardinal group successful Haiti to fly their homes, and 5.7 cardinal Haitians are affected by terrible nutrient insecurity each day, according to nan United Nations Office for nan Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Haitian immigrants nether TPS lend astir $6 cardinal to nan U.S. system and much than $1.5 cardinal successful taxes each year, according to a January factsheet by defense groups FWD.us, UndocuBlack Network and Haitian Bridge Alliance.

“We don’t attraction if you’re offended. Get out! Go home! Go backmost to f***ing Haiti!” Kelly said connected her podcast.

“Sorry, I’m reasoning astir our friends successful Ohio who’ve been dealing pinch these TPS Haitians for years now,” she said.

“This is nan full cats and dogs thing, like, they don’t want to unrecorded for illustration Americans live,” she added. “And this was expected to beryllium a impermanent — It was expected to beryllium impermanent help, and it’s turned into different backdoor measurement of allowing personification imperishable residency here.”

Kelly was referencing baseless claims amplified by Trump during his 2024 campaign, erstwhile he accused Haitian immigrants successful Springfield, Ohio, of “eating nan pets.”

Viles Dorsainvil, a Haitian migrant successful Ohio who lives successful nan U.S. nether TPS, told reporters Thursday that nan Supreme Court seemed to judge “all nan conspiracy theories from nan president against number groups” pinch its decision.

Democratic Rep. Yassamin Ansari of Arizona called Kelly’s claims astir Haitian immigrants “just vile.”

“Imagine having each privilege and opportunity successful nan world and choosing to dedicate your level to spreading hatred astir susceptible people,” nan congresswoman wrote on X. “Hope you find immoderate humanity you’re missing, Megyn.”

NewsNation’s Connell McShane, a erstwhile workfellow of Kelly’s, called her an “a******.”

“I didn't want to moreover fuss listening to this, but I did for immoderate reason. Megyn, you're specified an a******, and this is simply not true,” he wrote connected X.

“The group I cognize and activity pinch from Haiti are making this state better, not worse,” he said. “You, connected nan different hand…”

Ohio-based writer Pedro L. Gonzalez accused Kelly of making crude comments for money and fame.

“She became a animation achromatic nationalist because she figured going that guidance would get her nan astir attention. There are a batch of soulless grifters successful nan podcasting space, but Megyn Kelly has sewage to beryllium successful nan apical five,” he wrote.

Katie Miller — nan woman of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, who is nan designer of Trump’s astir utmost migration policies — also celebrated nan Supreme Court ruling connected TPS pinch mendacious claims against Haitian immigrants.

“Great news for nan dogs and cats of Springfield,” she wrote on X Thursday.

Ahilan Arulanantham, co-director of nan Miñana Family Center for Immigration Law and Policy astatine nan UCLA School of Law, who based on nan TPS lawsuit earlier nan Supreme Court, lambasted nan ruling.

“The determination hands to nan administration, and to nan acold right-wing of nan anti-immigrant movement, an important triumph that they person been incapable to get done Congress for a number of years,” Arulanantham said astatine a property briefing Thursday.

“The Supreme Court determination besides finds it’s not moreover ‘likely’ that nan president’s statements and Secretary Noem’s statements astir Haitians were motivated by title discrimination,” nan lawyer said. “That conclusion is profoundly troubling not conscionable for migration cases, but for nan authorities of group justness successful this state much broadly.”