Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - Ko te mana manene a Oliver i whakatauhia etahi herenga mo nga mea ka taea e ia te mahi i tona whenua whakatipu, engari i whakawhiwhia hoki ki a ia he taonga whakakatakata i a ia e tawai ana i te koretake me te koretake o te tukanga o te whiwhi noho US. Ko Oliver tētahi o ngā kaituhi maha i runga i ngā rārangi whakapae i te wā o te patu a te Rōpū Kaituhi
, nana nei i whakamutu te "The Daily Show"; i puta ia i te whakaaturanga i tana mahi hou i te 7 o Hanuere 2008. I te wa o te whakaari, i kii ia kei Amerika ia i runga i te visa manuhiri e kii ana kia kaua ia e patu i te wa e mahi ana te whakaaturanga, na te mea ko te takahi i nga tikanga o te visa he take mo te peia. I te uiui mo tona mana noho i te timatanga o te tau 2009, i kii a Oliver, "He pakanga tonu, he iti nei te raruraru, kia pono. I whakamatau ahau ki te whakairo 'Homai ki ahau o koutou kaitoi mauiui, o koutou rawakore, me o koutou kaitoi whakaari hiahia' ki te turanga o te Statue of Liberty, engari ko te ahua kaore i te ture".