John Oliver hits out at Australia's immigration policy at Emmys
When it comes to Australia, John Oliver has never been shy to share his thoughts.
Fresh after his win at the Emmys for Outstanding Variety Talk Series, Oliver fielded questions from journalists in the press room on Sunday evening.
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Australian reporter Angela Bishop asked Oliver about the potential U.S. presidency of Donald Trump, which she did at the last Emmys.
Same time last year, Oliver told the reporter that the election of Trump wouldn't happen. Then he pointed out the Australian people had voted in raw onion-eating Tony Abbott as prime minister and likened his appeal to taking heroin.
"Let's give us a chance, have some faith Angela," Oliver retorted. He then took aim Australia's controversial immigration policy.
"Maybe check the state of your country's immigration policies before you steer it too hard at this one," he said. Zing.
The conversation moved back onto Trump, however Oliver maintained that he's actually unable to vote because he's not a U.S. citizen. But he'll continue to talk about Trump, even though he doesn't get an official say in the matter, so to speak.
"I'm sure I will comment at length over the next two months as we dance on the lip of a volcano," Oliver snarkily responded.
Despite Trump and his promises to build a wall between Mexico and the U.S., amongst other proposals, at least America doesn't have secretive offshore detention centres like the ones Australia uses to detain asylum seekers indefinitely.
