Sunny Hostin insists its 'not illegal' to be undocumented during immigration discussion on 'The View'
The co-hosts of 'The View' slammed Trump for sending the National Guard to help with the LA demonstrations
By Hanna Panreck Fox News
Published June 9, 2025 1:44pm EDT
"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin declared Monday that it wasn't illegal to be undocumented because it's considered a civil offense.
"Sixty percent of the American public, two-thirds of independents, 90% of Republicans and just a little under half of Democrats think the crime is in being undocumented," co-host Sara Haines said of Trump administration deportation efforts. "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."
The co-hosts criticized President Donald Trump for sending in the National Guard on Monday to help quell rioting in Los Angeles over the weekend.
"There's misinformation out there," Hostin said. "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," Hostin continued.
Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin pushed back and said it wasn't a broad misunderstanding, referring back to Haines' argument.
"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," she said.
Haines told her co-hosts that there was more support for deportations than they realized.
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