Seth Meyers has a couple things to say about Donald Trump's alleged illegal foreign models


Donald Trump's Trump Model Management frequently brought young foreign female models into the U.S. to work illegally, a Mother Jones investigation alleges, and while Seth Meyers didn't want to take a closer look at that story, he definitely had a couple jokes to make on Wednesday's Late Night. "First thing, if you've been thinking to yourself the only way Hillary Clinton can win this election is if it turns out Donald Trump has been keeping underage girls in a basement, good news!" he said. "Are you the law-and-order candidate or the Law & Order SVU candidate?" Meyers has some jokes about Melania Trump, a former young foreign model herself, and Xanax, and doesn't even touch Trump's crusade against illegal immigration until his fourth and final thing.
Jokes aside, is this a real campaign issue? You can read the report at Mother Jones or watch one of the models discuss her work for Trump Model Management at CNN below. Peter Weber
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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.
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