I like talking about people who don't have any power and it seems like some of the least powerful people in the United States are the migrant workers who come and do our work and don't have any rights as a result. And yet we still invite them to come here, and at the same time ask them to leave. Stephen Colbert
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The speaker in this quote means that he likes to talk about people who have no power, or are extremely poor. He then talks about the terrible things that happen to these people every day. They are exploited, abused, and sometimes even killed by their employers. While they are being treated unjustly, they are still forced to live in the United States because their visas are tied to their employment contracts. The speaker is upset with this situation.

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