Argumentative Synthesis Of The Simpsons, South Park, And...

Argumentative Synthesis of The Simpsons, South Park, and Social Satire The question of immigration had been one of America’s biggest issues since the 1500s. Mass immigration began in the late 1600s and became uncontrollable for the native population to control. In fact, many began to move west where opportunity existed. After the ratification of the Constitution in 1789, the question of immigration died down until the Irish and German immigration wave in the mid-19th century. Today, immigration is no longer a major issue, but illegal immigration is. All through the late 20th and early 21st century, many Latin Americans began to come to the US, undocumented. Media and government address the issue of illegal immigration in many different ways. The government is usually strongly against illegal immigration and some politicians make it the issue of their campaigns. The media, on the other hand, may vary in their views on the issue. South Park and The Simpsons both satirize the iss ue of illegal immigration in their own different way. South Park addressed the issue of illegal immigration in a rather peculiar way. In the South Park episode Goobacks, the producers show people from the future traveling to South Park and taking jobs for cheap. The statistics say that if one can come then many can and will as well. In Goobacks, the first time traveler appears and explains the situation of Earth in the future, how the economic, and environmental problems are way out of hand.