Closing out another week of Democratic guests, outgoing The Late Show host Stephen Colbert welcomed California Sen. Alex Padilla to CBS on Thursday to hope that he is successful in giving legal status to illegal immigrants because President Trump’s immigration policy is defined by its purposeful “brutality and cruelty.”
Towards the end of their two-segment interview, Colbert wondered, “Both sides know that there is a broken immigration system. Why can't something get done?”
Like any good senator, Padilla gave a long, rambling answer that should’ve raised some additional questions that Colbert didn’t bother to ask, “Well, here's what I've tried to do, because it frustrates me to no end, Stephen. Since day one in the Senate, for me, talking to my Republican colleagues behind closed doors, telling me, ‘Alex, I'm with you on Dreamers, but first we've got to get the border under control.’ Well, that seems to be done, now what? Or ‘Yeah, farmworkers, I agree, deserve better, but first we got to get the board under control.’ Again, that seems done. Now what? So, where is the political will on the other side?"
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