5 torch-carrying cartoons about Lady Liberty’s rough week

Artists take on dark nights, Lady Lineup, and more

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This political cartoon is drawn in a sad, lonesome way and depicts the Statue of Liberty sleeping on a New York park bench like a homeless person. She is covered by newspapers and has dropped her torch on the ground.

(Image credit: Marco De Angelis / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This political cartoon depicts a police lineup at the Department of Homeland Security. Two armed and masked ICE agents look at a group of five different Lady Liberty figures lined up, as if they are suspects. One agent says, “If you ask me, they all look like they’re here illegally!”

(Image credit: R.J. Matson / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

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