Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R), now running in the Republican presidential primary, has said Americans should not describe illegal aliens as "'criminals," suggesting that doing so is "disrespectful," the Breitbart website reports .
In July 2015, a month after then-GOP presisdential candidate Donald Trump announced his candidacy with a speech centered on stemming illegal immigration, Haley joined a panel with the Aspen Institute moderated by then-CEO Walter Isaacson.
Isaacson, in his final question, asked Haley, "As a family of immigrants from India, how does that inform your thinking of the immigration debate and what do you feel about the tone of the immigration debate as it has recently turned?"
Haley, in response , said that while Americans are rightfully frustrated with illegal immigration at the United States--Mexico border, she urged the audience not to use language like "criminals" to describe illegal aliens because they're not."
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