{"id":49075,"date":"2026-04-13T01:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T01:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=49075"},"modified":"2026-04-13T01:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T01:37:08","slug":"megyn-kelly-slams-gop-reps-backing-amnesty-for-illegal-immigrants-betrayal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=49075","title":{"rendered":"Megyn Kelly slams GOP reps backing &#8216;amnesty&#8217; for illegal immigrants: &#8216;Betrayal&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Megyn Kelly tore into Republicans backing a bipartisan immigration proposal, blasting the \u201cDignity Act\u201d as an amnesty plan in disguise that would let millions of undocumented migrants stay in the US.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith foreign news dominating \u2026 they\u2019re trying to pull a fast one on us right now in the US Congress,\u201d Kelly said<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AeOBpz9oPo4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Thursday on SiriusXM\u2019s \u201cThe Megyn Kelly Show.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could call it a \u2018betrayal bill,\u2019 that\u2019s another name for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Megyn Kelly ripped Republicans backing the Dignity Act as pushing \u201camnesty.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">YouTube \/ Megyn Kelly<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The conservative commentator warned the legislation would have sweeping consequences if passed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it is passed into law, the so-called \u2018Dignity Act\u2019 would make it easier for illegals to stay in the country, millions of them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Kelly expressed outrage that Republicans are among the bill\u2019s backers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are the Republicans doing co-sponsoring an amnesty bill?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, introduced by Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), has drawn support from both sides of the aisle, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/4393\/cosponsors?s=2&amp;r=3&amp;hl=hr+4393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">19 Republican co-sponsors and 20 Dems<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly dismissed provisions pairing offers of legal status to illegal immigrants with tougher border enforcement, arguing that similar efforts have repeatedly fallen apart in the past.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rep. Mar\u00eda Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) has defended the Dignity Act as immigration reform. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is what the Republicans who are pro-amnesty always stick in \u2014 \u2018Oh \u2026 we\u2019re going to make it tougher \u2026 and that\u2019s really like the price we\u2019re going to pay for amnesty,\u2019\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s never the way it works \u2026 What ends up happening is you get the amnesty without the tougher border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelly warned that enforcement gains would be short-lived.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next time you get a Democrat in the White House, the border opens back up,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is no time to be talking about amnesty. What are we doing? Why are we doing this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also blasted provisions allowing certain migrants to remain in the country without fear of deportation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Dignity Act would allow some undocumented migrants to remain in the US under a legal program. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t care about them being in fear of deportation,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cYou know who\u2019s not in fear of deportation? Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former Fox News host said migrants who fear removal from the US should \u201cgo home, go back to Ecuador, you won\u2019t be deported, you\u2019re good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a far-left concern,\u201d Kelly said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are we having Republicans making this their agenda, front and center?\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Salazar says the Dignity Act, <a href=\"https:\/\/salazar.house.gov\/dignity-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which was introduced last year<\/a>, would give illegal immigrants who have been in the US over five years \u201ca chance to work, pay restitution, get right with the law, and earn legal status.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>People who entered the US illegally as minors would get 10 years\u2019 \u201cconditional permanent resident status,\u201d then \u201d\u00a0a pathway to adjust to lawful permanent resident \u2026 status.\u201d They would be shielded from deportation if they meet requirements including passing background checks and paying \u201crestitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe title=\"GOP Turncoats Trying to Pass AMNESTY Immigration Bill Under Guise of &quot;Dignity,&quot; with Michael Knowles\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AeOBpz9oPo4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, the bill would tighten immigration enforcement through measures like requiring all US employers to verify workers\u2019 status electronically, \u201cemploying a comprehensive Southern Border Strategy\u201d and resolving asylum cases within 60 days.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation remains in committee.<\/p>\n<p>The Post has sought comment from Salazar.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/10\/media\/megyn-kelly-slams-gop-reps-backing-amnesty-for-illegal-immigrants-betrayal\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megyn Kelly tore into Republicans backing a bipartisan immigration proposal, blasting the \u201cDignity Act\u201d as an amnesty plan in disguise that would let millions of undocumented&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}