Cartoons: Attitude Toward The Arizona Law

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1. What attitude toward the Arizona law is reflected in these two cartoons? Do the cartoons suggest the same attitude toward the law? What differences, if any, do you detect?

An attitude towards that Arizona law is that both legal and undocumented immigrants were not wanted and as a result they were persecuted. The attitude that immigrants are not respected and are unwelcome are reflected in each cartoon. In the first cartoon, "IMMIGRATION AND LIBERTY", An immigrant is being stepped on by the statue of liberty which signifies that immigrants do not belong in America. The second cartoon, "YOUR ACTIVITIES AROUSE SUSPICION", shows an officer antagonizing an immigrant when all he is doing is cutting grass. This portrayal shows that immigrants

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