This cartoon is a revamp of a pop culture painting called American Gothic by Grant Wood. Here it shows a stereotypical Mexican man with a pitchfork in his hand. He is leaned into the woman with his arm around her which is a difference from the original painting that shows a little bit of promiscuity. The confused look on the woman’s face with her leaning away from the man shows she is really uncomfortable and semi confused. This look depicted shows that she seems to have just realized what the man says is true. The man with the label “Low Wage Immigrant Farm Workers” on his belly says to her, “You can’t live without me”. The cartoon represents the need and dependency Americans have for Low Wage Immigrant workers, especially from Mexico. These workers fulfill jobs that many Americans would not think of doing, especially for the very low wages that these workers receive. The US economy has become dependent on these workers. Many small and large companies depend on these low wage workers to do the jobs they do and for the low amount of money they take. This is an example of framing by how this emphasizes one aspect of the immigration debate and frames it in a certain light. This shows intent of the gatekeepers to show undocumented workers in a positive way that shows the American or consumers need for these people to help the economy.
In this cartoon Jeff Parker is trying to describe the ultimate reality using the framing theory. Plymouth Rock, shown in the cartoon, is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620, in what would become the United States of America. Bradford is credited as the first to proclaim what popular American culture now views as the first Thanksgiving. Cartoon portrays the denial towards settlers by Native Americans. This cartoon is about cultural integration and assimilation that is represented through the current reality towards immigrants, describing how white Americans claim that immigrants won’t integrate nor assimilate, meanwhile back in the days the first settlers didn’t assimilate to Native American culture. While the majority of our society is against immigration, assuming that it will have hazardous impacts on our nation, many forget that our ancestors – the very first settlers were nothing but immigrants.
In this Cartoon by Jimmy Margulies, Lou Dobbs is running for Senator of New Jersey. Behind Dobbs is a sign saying “Deport Senator Robert Mendez”. A man and a woman are listening as the man says to her, “Doesn’t he mean defeat mendez?” and the woman replies that she doesn’t think so. Robert Mendez is the current Senator of New Jersey born and raised by immigrant parents in Union City. Dobbs is a well known pundit for CNN, and very outspoken when it comes to immigration issues. This cartoon is an example of framing because it creates a reality to the reader that portrays Dobbs as so much against immigration that he would want to even deport a United States Senator. One who was not well informed or watched any of Lou Dobbs show would consequently be led to believe that he is very agaisnt immigration. Wether that be true of not this cartoon serves its purpose as framing him in that way.
The Lou Dobbs cartoon shows what Lou Dobbs thinks about ‘illegal aliens’. He looks at them as though they are ‘bugs’ or real aliens from outer space. They have run into an American in the desert with a shot gun who has threatened to take them to his ‘leader’ Lou Dobbs. The Framing in this cartoon suggests only what Lou Dobbs, a pundit, thinks about undocumented workers. It does not show what most Americans think and it does not show a reality of the issue.
People dining out while a waiter explains to them that the new immigration bill requires a law in areas most used by immigrants. Very racial pertaining to work area, how illegals have been working at usual restaurants.
Two contradicting men putting up wanted posters, one for a worker, and one for getting rid of the immigrants. Showing government and society as being hypocritical.
Congress and President Bush are laying an American Flag as a welcome mat for immigrants. The sign says “Bienvenidos Illegals” which means welcome illegals in Spanish, which is very negative. The house is the United States, so it is saying walk all over the flag and enter the country illegal it is okay our President and Congress says you can. That President Bush and Congress Immigration bill welcomes illegal immigrants into the United States. That illegal immigrants walk all over American policies and way of life.
Lou Dobbs is rolling a spool of barbed wire with the wire all around him including going through his ears and in his mouth. Lou Dobbs is Anti – immigration and really wants to secure our borders. He is so zealous about it that he himself will put up the barbed wire to keep people out. The barbed wire going through his head says to me that stopping people from getting in is all he has on his mind. I also get the feeling that no one in our country is doing anything about it so we have to count on Lou Dobbs to “save us”.
Immigrants have taken over our country by taking over and destroying the Statue of Liberty which represents freedom. There are a lot of immigrants in this country but we all immigrated to this country. The Statue of Liberty was given to our country and is a symbol of the freedoms we enjoy and the immigrants are destroying that.
A Canadian citizen is applying for refugee status because of the benefits in which they receive. The immigration lady calls him out on being a citizen of Canada and being from Mississuga which is a fake place. The man replies si, hoping to fool her. The reality is that immigrants or citizens rather would go through a process of lying and fake identities to become refugees.
The Immigrants Editorial Cartoons 