Stephen Colbert says Texas Gov. Rick Perry has overreached with a claim that the Obama administration may be secretly helping tens of thousands of immigrants across the U.S. border.
As Colbert noted, 47,000 migrant children have entered the U.S. and been captured since October. Most are from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.
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And Perry thinks they may have had help.
“We either have an incredibly inept administration or they’re in on this somehow or another,” Perry said. “I hate to be conspiratorial, but I mean, how do you move that many people from Central America across Mexico and then into the United States without there being a fairly coordinated effort?”
Colbert noted: “These kids say they’re coming here to escape poverty and violence.