Breaking Borders

Team Member Name: _Nicholas Larson____________________

Publication_El Kire______Date:_07/12/08

Cartoonist:___Bonil___________________________U.S./International

Title of the cartoon:_________________________________Cartoon#_3_

What action is taking place in the cartoon?

1: “you’ll earn your bread from the sweat off your brow”
2: “unless you’re an immigrant in Europe, then all you’ll earn is jail”

This cartoon is from a publication in Barcelona, Spain. He is making reference to the large African population trying to access Europe, specifically the Moroccans. It is easy to see that not only the U.S. has a border control problem. Spain, who has the second largest immigration problem, (second only to the U.S.) has tried to deal with its problem similarly. Currently, they have tried to build a barrier fence, and Spain has granted the largest amnesty to immigrants in the industrialized world.

Tone of the cartoon: 1) positive or negative framing of undocumented immigrants (circle answer)2) positive or negative framing of immigration policies

What “reality” is constructed/framed about immigration/immigrants?

The cartoonist is representing the immigrants of the world over as he shows the romantic deception of the capitalist world. They promise world of prosperity to those who are willing to work for it, but instead they only face deportation or jail. He is framing the immigration policies of Europe as inhumane and unjust.