Category Archives: Immigration, Migrant Rights, etc

Cartoon: We Could Let In More Immigrants

Immigration is great for the U.S.. It’s great for the economy. It’s great for our culture. Compared to those of us born here, immigrants are disproportionately of working age, disproportionately working, and disproportionately law-abiding. Immigrants are more likely to work … Continue reading

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Cartoon: A Concise History of Keeping The Immigrants Out

[This post is written by Becky Hawkins.] This cartoon was born over gChat over a span of about 12 hours: Becky: It’s wild how every “neat old photo” from an aggregate account on social media will have some egregiously racist … Continue reading

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Cartoon: Appealing to Trump Voters by Getting Tough on Immigration!

It’s extremely common for centrist Democrats to say that we must change this or that policy to attract more right-wing voters into the Democratic camp. We have to toughen up on immigration; we have to stop advocating for trans rights; … Continue reading

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Elections and politics, Immigration, Migrant Rights, etc | 30 Comments

Interviewing the Heartland

Help me make more cartoons like this one by supporting my Patreon! A $1 or $2 pledge really helps. In the wake of Trump’s upset (and upsetting) win in the 2016 election, the “heartland interview” – in which a newspaper … Continue reading

Posted in anti-racism, antiracism, Cartooning & comics, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Elections and politics, Immigration, Migrant Rights, etc, Jews and Judaism, People of Color, poc, Society & Culture, white people, White Privilege | 14 Comments

Should we ban the phrases “illegal alien” and “illegal immigrant” from comments?

A rule of this blog is that undocumented immigrants are not to be referred to as “illegals” or “illegal.” But I do allow “illegal alien,” even though it’s not a phrase I’d use myself. Back when I made the rule, … Continue reading

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Cartoon: Top Ten Reasons We Won’t Abolish I.C.E.

Please help me make more cartoons like this one, by supporting my Patreon! A $1 or $2 pledge really matters to me. I truly believe that I.C.E. is an agency that’s rotten to its core. Hardly a week goes by … Continue reading

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Top Ten Border Patrol Excuses For Tear Gassing Babies

If you enjoy these cartoons, please support my Patreon. A $1 pledge really matters to me. This is actually a many-years-old comic, originally drawn in response to a baby being peppersprayed by cops at a protest in Portland. (I think … Continue reading

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Cartoon: Border Deaths

If you’d like to support the making of these cartoons, you can do that at my Patreon. Even a one dollar pledge helps a lot! After President Trump said (of undocumented immigrants) “these aren’t people. These are animals,” Eugene Scott, … Continue reading

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Cartoon: Top Ten Reasons We Take Kids From Their Parents At The Border

I couldn’t make these cartoons without the support people give me on Patreon! If you can spare it, a $1 pledge really matters to me. Here’s a list of organizations that are mobilizing to help separated immigrant children | The … Continue reading

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Cartoon: New Recruits’ Vow

If you enjoy these cartoons, and can spare it, please support them on Patreon. A $1 pledge matters a lot. I’m not sure that I’ve ever done a cartoon about ICE before, and I’ve really wanted to, but it’s been … Continue reading

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