Stephen Colbert joined Sen. Alex Padilla (CA-D) on Thursday to push amnesty for illegal aliens, while the canceled Late Show host called President Donald Trump’s illegal alien crackdown “brutality and cruelty.”

Padilla talked about attempting to work with senators on legislation that would give legal status to illegal aliens and getting pushback from the GOP senators who preferred prioritizing wording security.

“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,'” Padilla said. “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?

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