Ongoing efforts to safeguard illegal aliens found one Democrat accused of an outright lie, as hyperbole suggested an existential threat to America’s healthcare industry.
This week, the left’s America Last modus operandi continued with Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D) leading the fight in forcing a vote on the Temporary Protected Status of Haitians. Following the success, which featured 10 Republicans jumping ship from the president’s agenda, the lawmaker made a claim about the percentage of healthcare workers who are Haitian that was deemed “not even remotely close to being true or accurate.”
Standing outside the Capitol, the “elated” congresswoman talked up instability in the Caribbean nation with Meidas Touch reporter Pablo Manríquez as she contended, “One in five healthcare workers are Haitian. One in four of our long-term healthcare workers are Haitian. That was a point that was deeply resonant for a lot of people because if you don’t extend Temporary Protected Status, people’s work authorizations are immediately null and void.”
Reacting to the claim, Fox News congressional correspondent Bill Melugin shared data compiled by the American Immigration Council and stated, “That is not even remotely close to being true or accurate. Haitians are not 20% of the US health care workforce. According to the pro-immigration American Immigration Council, Haitians make up 0.6% of the healthcare workforce in the U.S.”
That is not even remotely close to being true or accurate. Haitians are not 20% of the US heath care workforce.
According to the pro-immigration American Immigration Council, Haitians make up 0.6% of the healthcare workforce in the U.S.
Source: https://t.co/gEQyuIv6fj https://t.co/BLXyYBD9tW
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) April 17, 2026
According to the AIC, Haiti rounded out the top five nations supplying the largest percentage of immigrant healthcare workers behind the Philippines, Mexico, India and Jamaica, with their respective shares among “Immigrant Healthcare Workers” being 13.5%, 10.7%, 7.0%, 4.4%, and 3.9% for Haiti.
By comparison, the top five nations’ percentages among all healthcare workers amounted to 2.2%, 1.7%, 1.1%, 0.7% and 0.6%, with just over 102,000 Haitians holding healthcare positions.
The Republicans who aided Pressley in her fight to extend Haitian TPS to April 2029 included Reps. Don Bacon of Nebraska, Mike Carey of Ohio, Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Carlos Gimenez of Florida, Mike Lawler of New York, Nicole Malliotakis of New York, Rich McCormick of Georgia, Mike Turner of Ohio, and Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida, who had herself been pushing through an amnesty bill.
BREAKING: The House just voted 224 to 204 to PASS a 3 year extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 350,000 Haitians living in the U.S.
10 House Republicans + 1 independent voted w/ Dems to pass it.
Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL)
Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE)
Rep. Brian…— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) April 16, 2026
Responses to the Democrat lawmaker’s narrative on Haitians emphasized the dedication of the left in benefiting non-citizens, which included the willingness to dismiss reality for the benefit of scoring political points.
All they do is lie. The Democrats constituents are criminals and illegal aliens.
— Jon Nicosia (@NewsPolitics) April 17, 2026
Good on calling out these lying politicians. The truth is that they will make up any excuse they can to keep these “temporary” programs permanent, because that was the plan all along.
Americans deserve trust in their immigration system, and that will not come from extending TPS.
— New American System (@newamsystem) April 17, 2026
This is another ruse aka lie to help illegal aliens stay without consequence for invading our country during the Biden administration. Haitians are still being given support of money and I see what looks to be single young men shopping for themselves in stores. Stop this now. ✝️
— Yvon St Mars (@mars_st52880) April 17, 2026
Funny how the Dems always adjust the facts to fit what they want to spew.
— Fred Schroeder (@FredSchroe10718) April 18, 2026
0.6% and 1-in-5 are exactly the same thing in Pressley math. pic.twitter.com/b5TfmE8pzc
— yelcat (@yelcat2) April 17, 2026
@AyannaPressley meant to say that Haitians makeup 20% of immigrants receiving welfare.
— Sarita (@Saritaregresa) April 17, 2026
Similarly, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. set Texas Rep. Greg Casar (D) in his place Friday during a House Education & Workforce hearing when the lawmaker claimed that 1.4 million people had lost their health insurance last year after being dropped from Obamacare. To that, the secretary responded, “They’re almost all illegal immigrants.”
As the congressman attempted to press forward with a specific example of constituents, Kennedy furthered, “We found 1.5 million illegal immigrants illegally collecting Medicaid.”
.@RepCasar “Have you met with any of the 1.4 million people who have lost their health insurance just this last year from dropping off of Obamacare?”
@SecKennedy: “They’re almost all illegal immigrants.” pic.twitter.com/GHgWy4U8Ph— CSPAN (@cspan) April 17, 2026
All the democrats do is lie. Thats the only thing they know how to do.
— Chris43 🇺🇲🇺🇲🍊🍊 (@steeler_fan45) April 18, 2026
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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