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Her Caretaker
A shackled Statue of Liberty is led to prison by an “immigrant destroyer,” who says, “Come inside, my daughter, you’ll catch a cold out there.”
What’s It Going to Be, Uncle Sam?
Uncle Sam sits between the good and evil inclinations. The good inclination’s list reads, “Free immigration; tolerance; hospitality; American traditions; kind-heartedness; open-mindedness; idealism.” The evil inclination’s list reads, “Immigration…
The Dance of the Seven Veils
Called “The Latest Salome Dance in Our National Theater,” in reference to Richard Strauss’s eponymous opera in which Salome brings the head of John the Baptist to King Herod, Salome is shown here adorned with veils marked “Race hatred, egoism,…
The Story Repeats Itself (A Hanukah Motif)
Referencing the desecration of the Temple in Jerusalem, a figure labeled “Reaction” together with labor leader Samuel Gompers (who supported the quota) force a pig marked “Anti-immigration edicts” toward the altar of American nationalism, where it is…
Her 35th Birthday
Leaning toward a distant ship marked “Three percent” (a reference to the immigration quota), the Statue of Liberty says, “So few people are coming to greet me on my birthday.” The statue had been raised 35 years earlier that same week.
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There’s No Place to Set One’s Foot Down
A Jewish refugee attempts to set his foot down somewhere on the planet, only to be met with knives blade-side up and marked with the names of the countries that don’t want him: Poland, Rumania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, America, Latvia, Palestine,…
The International Ball Game
In “The International Ball Game,” Europe pitches a ball marked “Immigrant” to Uncle Sam, who stands ready to bat it back to the continent with his “3% Standard” bat, a reference to the new 3% quota on immigrants.
A Big World and There’s No Place to Go
A Jewish refugee laments his situation before a globe which has no place for him.
If the Statue of Liberty Were a Real Person
The Statue of Liberty jumps off her pedestal into the water, leaving a suicide note that reads, “After my friends harassed, betrayed, and abandoned me, I no longer have a reason to live.”
According to the Letter of the Law
An immigration official shows the new “three percent” law to a wailing woman labeled “Immigration” and locked out of a gate marked “New edict” and says, “I can’t allow more than three percent in.”
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