A horrified colleague has called out a leading NAACP activist for hate speech after she denounced migrants as raping, burgling savages who do not speak English.

Teresa Haley was complaining to branch presidents of the Illinois NAACP about support that Chicago authorities were offering to the 26,000 migrants who have arrived in the city since August last year.

Haley who heads the NAACP state conference also used the N-word and sneered at transgender people during the video call which was recorded by former Du Bois County branch president Patrick Watson.

'These immigrants who come over here, they've been raping people, they've been breaking into homes, they're like savages as well,' she said.

'They don't speak the language and they look at us like we're crazy.'

Haley suggested 'AI' may have been used to doctor her words when reached on holiday in Dubai by WLS-Ch7, adding: 'With AI anything is possible.'

But Watson said the comments were heard by everyone at the meeting.

'We've had immigrants who've been shot at, we've had immigrants who've been killed,' he added.

'We have had people who have been beaten up because of their immigration status, and enough is enough, it's time to stand up and say no to hate.