After Firestorm, Shoffner Doubles Down on Replacing Americans with Illegal Immigrants, Refuses to Clarify If She Hired Them

“Hallie Shoffner has been clear about what she believes, and said so.” – Shoffner Campaign 

Last week, Hallie Shoffner’s comments about replacing American workers with illegal immigrants set off a firestorm of online criticism and national news coverage.

The comments in question come from the Free Arkansas podcast on September 9th, where U.S. Senate candidate Hallie Shoffner said:

“Every farmer will tell you at one point, we did, or still do, employ undocumented immigrants, and it’s absolutely ridiculous that these folks are being rounded up because they’re hardworking people.They’re some of the best people we know, and honestly, we’d trade five Americans for just one of them because of how hard they work.”

“And why is it that there’s no pathway for them to work here legally when they’re good workers? We pay them well,” Shoffner said.

In an extremely long statement to South Arkansas Now, Anna-Lee Pittman, Campaign Manager for the Shoffner Campaign said in part, “Hallie Shoffner has been clear about what she believes, and said so in the podcast being referenced.”

The story and her full statement may be found here.

“Shoffner’s campaign isn’t denying that Hallie Shoffner employed illegal immigrants. Nor did Hallie Shoffner’s campaign even try to walk back her claim that a single illegal immigrant is more valuable than five American citizens–in fact, they’re doubling down,” said James Arnold, Cotton campaign spokesman. “Arkansans deserve to know how many illegal aliens Hallie Shoffner employed, how ‘well’ she paid them, and how long they worked for her.”