5 heavy-handed cartoons about ICE and deportation

Artists take on international students, the Supreme Court, and more

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This political cartoon depicts a claw crane arcade game. The mechanical claw, rendered in dark tones and labeled "ICE," is positioned above a group of diverse individuals who are looking up with expressions of worry and fear. These individuals are contained within the game's enclosure, which is labeled "INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS." President Donald Trump's hand, pictured as tiny, is at left controlling the mechanical claw.

(Image credit: Pat Bagley / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon depicts a prisoner shackled to a medieval torture rack in a stone dungeon. Members of the U.S. Supreme Court stand discussing documents. John Roberts says to the prisoner, "PLEASE BE PATIENT WHILE WE DEBATE THE RELATIVE MEANINGS OF 'FACILITATE' AND 'EFFECTUATE'."

(Image credit: Nick Anderson / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

This stark cartoon depicts an ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agent in tactical gear holding a document labeled "ICE Miranda" and restraining a distressed Lady Liberty, who wears a sash reading "DUE PROCESS OF LAW." The ICE agent states, "YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS, SO REMAIN SILENT. ANYTHING YOU, OR A COURT OF LAW SAYS WILL BE IGNORED. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD A TRIP TO EL SALVADOR, A ONE-WAY TICKET WILL BE ARRANGED FOR YOU."

(Image credit: Joe Heller / Copyright 2025 Hellertoon.com)

The phrase 'FIND WALDO GARCIA' is written in the upper left corner. The cartoon depicts a large crowd of bald-headed figures in plain T-shirts and shorts in a pyramid-like formation. One figure, with a distinctly colored shirt, stands out from the rest.

(Image credit: Randall Enos / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This two-panel cartoon depicts a cartoonist in the left panel saying, "MY LATEST CARTOON HITS TRUMP FOR HIS PLAN TO SEND 'HOME GROWNS' TO ROT IN A SALVADORAN PRISON..." The right panel reveals that the cartoonist is behind prison bars with a spiderweb and a rat. A guard wearing a "CECOT" hat asks, "IS IT FUNNY...?"

(Image credit: Clay Jones / Copyright 2025 Claytoonz)

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