"If you want to know if somebody's a Christian, just ask them to complete this sentence: 'Jesus said I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger and you....' And if they don't say 'welcomed me in' then they are either a terrorist, or they're running for president," Colbert joked.
He is paraphrasing Matthew 25, of course. If the passages before and after are read in context, it is clear that Jesus is telling us how to get in to heaven (or conversely how not to get to heaven)
Let me ask Mr. Colbert: Do governments go to heaven, or individuals?
Steven Colbert wants the US government to blindly take in large groups (of which a fraction wants to do us great harm), then forcibly confiscate funds from everyone to keep them, then ignore how they conduct themselves once they are here.
If Mr. Colbert wants to pony up the several million dollars per person to bring in a refugee under his personal care, feed them, employ them and house them for life... and be personally responsible for their behavior... I'd say he is being a good Christian. But that isn't his intention.
The individual act of mercy and sacrifice is a beautiful thing. Mr. Colbert is vainly misusing/misrepresenting Jesus to push his liberal agenda.
Yep. You got it.