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A Donald Trump supporter has sparked a racism row after going on a vile anti-immigration rant on live TV.

Sky News host Kay Burley was forced to intervene when Conservative commentator Lauren Southern questioned why legal migration exists when she could “put on some bronzer” and arrive via boat “with the Koran”.

In a discussion about Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and his pledges on immigration , she said: "Everyone seems to feel so bad for all these illegal immigrants and all these refugees coming in on boats.

"What about the people waiting five years to come in legally?

“I don’t know why legal immigration even exists anymore when I can just put on some bronzer, get on a dingy boat and just show up at the beaches of Sicily with the Koran in my hand.”

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Burley quickly cut in and interrupted Southern, telling her: “No no, we are not saying things like that on my programme.”

She later branded the 21-year-old Canadian a “nasty racist” and added: “Not on my show again.”

The remarks sparked a furious backlash on Twitter – although some viewers claimed that cutting Southern off was against freedom of speech.

A Sky spokesman told Mirror Online: “Today on Kay's show during an interview regarding US immigration the guest used language that was racist.

“Kay quite rightly terminated the interview immediately.”

Trump has shocked the world with his hardline immigration policies which include banning all Muslims from the US and building an enormous wall between the US and Mexico.

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Speaking to Mirror Online, Southern refused to apologise over her on-air remarks and hit back at Burley branding her a “laughing stock”.

The right-wing political activist said: “I don’t know how Kay Burley thinks she’s the mature one in this situation when she’s made herself a laughing stock on Twitter.”

“I certainly won’t be apologising and I don’t feel the need to explain.”

She continued: “No-one seems to think about the people who wait four to five years to wait in line to come legally to this country from equally poor situations.

“It seems as though our leaders have almost forgotten about legal immigration and are just leaving our borders open which is a detriment culturally, financially and in a lot of other realms for native people.”