Cartoon Analysis

Michelle Sanchez
EDU 210-3001
Cartoon 19
 Political Cartoon Artist
This is a political cartoon by Khalil Bendib, posted on
OtherWords.org on July 4, 2011. This cartoon Jim Crow
Immigration Law compares Alabama's anti-immigration law,
Alabama HB 56 aka Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer and
Citizen Protection Act to the Jim Crow Law.
 Alabama HB-56 Explained
The Alabama law requires that if police have "reasonable suspicion" that a person is an immigrant unlawfully
present in the United States, in the midst of any legal stop, detention or arrest, to make a similarly reasonable
attempt to determine that person's legal status. An exemption is provided if such action would hinder an official
investigation of some kind.

The law prohibits illegal immigrants from receiving any public benefits at either the state or local level. It bars
illegal immigrants from attending publicly owned colleges or universities. At the high, middle, and elementary
public school levels, the law requires that school officials ascertain whether students are illegal immigrants.
Attendance is not prohibited for such students; school districts are mandated to submit annual tallies on the
suspected number of illegal immigrants when making report to state education officials.

The law prohibits the transporting or harboring of illegal immigrants. It prohibits landlords from renting
property to illegal immigrants. It forbids employers from knowingly hiring illegal immigrants for any job within
Alabama. Moreover, it considers as a discriminatory practice any action to refuse to employ or remove a legal
resident of the state when an illegal one is already employed. The law requires large and small businesses to
validate the immigration status of employees using the US E-Verify program. The law prohibits illegal immigrants
from applying for work.

The production of false identification documents is considered a crime. Contracts formed in which one party is
an illegal immigrant and the other has direct knowledge of that are deemed null and void. The law also requires
voters to provide proof of citizenship when registering.
 Alabama HB-56
Community Impact
O Significant drop in the number of Hispanic children attending public schools
O Farmers have found that Americans are not willing to work under such harsh working
conditions for low pay
O Some businesses in other industries have lost workers, including legal workers, as a
result of the new immigration law
O Automotive industry - pulling out?
O On November 18, 2011, a German Mercedes-Benz executive was arrested for not having
proper documentation on him while on business in Alabama, having left his passport at
the hotel where he was staying and carrying only his German identity card.
O On December 2, 2011, a Japanese Honda executive was stopped in Leeds, Alabama, at a
checkpoint set up by police to catch unlicensed drivers. He was ticketed on the spot,
despite the fact that he showed an International Driving Permit, a valid passport and a
U.S. work permit.
 Court Cases
O Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama v. Bentley
O challenging HB 56 on the grounds that various provisions of the act, and the entire law
as a whole, are preempted by federal law, and are therefore illegal.
O United States v. Alabama
O United States Department of Justice
O Parsley v. Bentley
O group of Alabama Church Leaders

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on October 14, 2011, put several key provisions on hold until
the issues of constitutionality could be addressed, including the requirement on schools to collect
information on enrolling students' immigration status. Other provisions, such as those making
contracts with undocumented aliens null and void, were left to stand.
U.S. Judge Myron Herbert Thompson, sitting for the United States District Court for the Middle
District of Alabama, blocked an additional portion of the law on November 23, 2011, that prevented
undocumented immigrants from obtaining certain mobile home registrations.
Articles
The Clark County School Board voted 6-1 on Jan. 26, 2017 to
declare district campuses as safe spaces for all students, regardless of
their immigration status.
The move, proposed by Trustee Carolyn Edwards, comes after a
heated presidential campaign over immigration during which President
Donald Trump noted his desire to end the federal Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrival program.
Hispanic students make up roughly 45 percent of the districts
population, according to the latest available state numbers.
Edwards clarified on Thursday that the proposal is not a plan to
make district schools sanctuary campuses, but to reaffirm the
protections already provided to students under federal law.
We are attempting to reassure our students that they are safe
and welcome in our schools, and that they will be protected in terms of
the privacy of their situations, she said.
The resolution designates schools as a safe space for students,
restricting access to their immigration status without parental consent or
a court action.
The federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act already
prohibits schools from disclosing personal information without a
students consent, with a few exceptions for judicial orders, subpoenas or
criminal proceedings.
What can we as Educators
Do?
What does our text tell us?
O Chapter Six:
Student
Classifications
O P. 130
 My Thoughts
O Not the Kind of America I
want, not the kind of
Alabama I want Not the
kind of Nevada I want, Not
the kind of world I want.
Your Thoughts?
 Sources
O http://otherwords.org/alabama-immigration-law-cartoon/
O https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_HB_56
O https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-challenges-alabama-immigration-law
O http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/undocumented-workers-immigration-alabama
O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZojJszoBXgI
O https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/education/ccsd-board-trustees-vote-to-declare-district-an-immigration-
safe-space/
O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZojJszoBXgI
O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X08rq2KpoRU
O http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/multiracial-us-pro-immigration-propaganda/
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