Welcome to another @CultureStrike editorial cartoon! Last Friday, in the even of Hurrican Harvey&rsq
Welcome to another @CultureStrike editorial cartoon! Last Friday, in the even of Hurrican Harvey’s landfall, Trump went on television to announce his pardon of former “Sheriff” Arpaio. Trump explained that he had waited until the storm made landfall to make the announcement, as he was under the assumption that the ratings would be higher, as people were tuned in to keep up with news around the hurricane. As if this wasn’t ridiculous enough, Border Patrol in Texas issued a statement saying that their checkpoints would remain open during the storm, so long as their officers were safe. As people were making their way from the coastal borderlands and away from the approaching storm, it became clear that Border Patrol was using this opportunity to detain any undocumented people or any migrant who didn’t have the appropriate documentation with them. How deeply ingrained is this country’s xenophobia that the President of the United States could go on television to announce his pardoning of one of this country’s most infamous racist power-tripping law enforcement officer as a CATEGORY FOUR hurricane was about to make landfall? How terrified is this country of immigrants that we are okay with Border Patrol checkpoints slowing down the process of people arriving to safety from this year’s most destructive storm if it means that a few undocumented people are detained? This weekend was bad news. Arpaio will not face justice for all the horror that he brought to Maricopa County. Houston cannot seemingly count on 45 for his input to relieve their situation. Border Patrol is cruel and useless. And though this time of year is technically normal and ripe for tropical storms for Texas, they will only get worse as climate change continues to worsen. And as the environment turns against us in these horrible taxing storms, it’s clear that our government has other priorities. This doesn’t bode well for us. Art by @juliosalgado83. Blurb written by @eslvis. #CultureStrike #editorialcartoon #climatechange #hurricaneharvey -- source link
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