Stewart Rips GOP Panic over Illegal Immigrant ‘Kidsplosion’

Jon Stewart took on the border crisis tonight, mocking the anti-immigration protestors for yelling at children “in a language they don’t understand” and explaining that America’s reluctance to embrace immigrants has long historical roots.

Stewart laughed at Republican exaggerations over the immigration “kidsplosion” and pointed out that maybe the reason immigrant children want to come to this country is because people, namely Republicans, keep talking about how great America is.

And Stewart went down a list of historical examples showing how America’s been less than welcoming to immigrants, concluding that “we’ve always been a nation of immigrants who hate the newer immigrants.”

Watch the video below, via Comedy Central:

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