On the latest Last Week Tonight, John Oliver looked into the practical implications of Donald Trump’s promise to enact mass deportations of undocumented people, which has been a cornerstone of his campaign. Some version of the idea has support among roughly 54% of Americans, and 86% of Republicans. “Trump supporters will tell you they love the idea of mass deportation – even if they haven’t thought much about the details,” said Oliver. “The fact is, a lot of people seem to be supporting something right now whose implications they may not fully understand.”
Oliver went into the logistics of how mass deportation would work, but “for the record, the morality of it is despicable”, he said. “Immigrants are human beings, no matter what McDonald’s worst employee says.”
