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Video: Seth Meyers Examines Trump's Cruel, Unnecessary & Ineffective Immigration Policies
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Ben Yakas
Published Feb 23, 2017
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While Stephen Colbert was focused on Trump's predilection for keeping conspiracy theorist nuts as advisers, Seth Meyers turned to Trump's newly-revised immigration ban and plans for his "beautiful" wall, so eloquently expressed by his most noxious surrogates: "So Trump wants to spend as much as $20 billion on a wall that even some Republicans think won't work, but don't worry, Trump adviser Stephen Miller said there's no need to worry about who will pay for the wall," Meyers said before showing a clip of Miller saying the wall will "pay for itself many, many, many times over."
Meyers pointed out that more Mexicans are currently leaving than coming to the U.S., resulting in a net loss of 140,000 people between 2009 and 2014. "That's right, America has turned into a bad movie and people are walking out," Meyers said. "'I'll catch this garbage when it's on TNT.'"
Watch as Meyers takes Trump to task for his new immigration policy: "Look, these immigration policies are cruel, unnecessary and ineffective. Even many Republicans think so. Those Republicans and Democrats should stand up to Trump."
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