Colbert mocks group that blames immigrants for climate change

"It's always an immigrant who's cutting my grass with an exhaust-spewing lawnmower," says Stephen Colbert as he rips apart ads that criticize immigrants for increasing their carbon footprints.

“Immigrants cause global warming!” says Stephen Colbert. “It’s always an immigrant who’s cutting my grass with an exhaust-spewing lawnmower. … And their spicy food always increases my emissions.”

In a smart segment this week, Colbert rips apart noxious ads that criticize immigrants for increasing their carbon footprints. The ads, being run on MSNBC, come from anti-immigration group Californians for Population Stabilization. Watch:

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