Teenage Editorial Cartoonists Take on Immigration

The New York Times invited students 13-19 to submit editorial cartoons to a panel of judges. Two of the five winners concern immigration and many of the honorable mentions tackle the issue. You can click here to see all of the winners and runners up.

This cartoon, by 17 year old Wiktoria Jaworska, is incredibly poignant in light of Congress’ action today:

Here is the accompanying explanation:

The Obama Administration decided to allow 10,000 refugees in for the upcoming year. This gets a lot of media attention, however there are millions of refugees and 10,000 is such a small number in that context. Also, it could take two years to even allow a refugee in because of the intense anti-terrorist protocols. With the media focusing of this new development it prevents the actual refugees from being covered, leaving them in the dark. As people drown, a hand clutches the same article Obama is proudly displaying.

-KitJ