IMMIGRATION

PAGE ONE

PANEL 1

A classic image of Pilgrims landing on Plymouth Rock, facing the reader as they step ashore.

CAPTION: We’ve all been taught that the United States of America began as a nation of immigrants.

CAPTION: That idea does not get mentioned in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 Mandate for Leadership.

PANEL 2

Three soldiers point semi-automatic rifles at a toddler who is sitting on the ground, looking up in fear.

CAPTION: Project 2025 seeks to bar their modern-day counterparts from any kind of entry into the United States.

PANEL 3

A group of Pilgrims encounter a group of Native Americans, who are gesturing to a deer they have hunted.

CAPTION: According to our myths, America’s first immigrants were met by native people who generously helped them adapt to an unknown new land.

PANEL 4

A weather-beaten mother holds her child in an arid landscape, an empty bowl in her hand.

CAPTION: Anyone fleeing another country for greater freedom won’t find that kind of welcome.

CAPTION: “As a general principle, adjudication of applications and petitions SHOULD be paid by applicants, not American taxpayers.”

CAPTION: “Aside from an increase in all fees, the rule SHOULD drastically limit the availability for fee waivers and SHOULD implement a fee for asylum applications.” [2025, p. 146]

PAGE TWO

PANEL 1

A group of migrants, clutching meager belongings and wearing surgical masks, face soldiers at gunpoint.

CAPTION: For people looking to apply for visas, Project 2025’s proposed changes to the process would make things more difficult, almost impossible.

CAPTION: “T-Visa and U-Visa reform. Unless and until T and U visas are repealed, each program needs to be reformed to ensure that only legitimate victims of trafficking and crimes who are actively providing significant material assistance to law enforcement are eligible for spots in the queue.” [2025, p. 150]

PANEL 2

Migrant workers picking leafy vegetables in the fields.

CAPTION: “Eliminate the two (of four) lowest wage levels for foreign workers.” [2025, p167]

CAPTION: “Cap and phase down the H-2A visa program. Congress should immediately cap this program   at its current levels and establish a schedule for its gradual and predictable phasedown over the subsequent 10 to 20 years, producing the necessary incentives for the industry to invest in raising productivity, including through capital investment in agricultural equipment, and increasing employment for Americans in the agricultural sector.” [2025, p. 611]

PANEL 3

A child does schoolwork by candlelight.

CAPTION: If the Heritage Foundation gets its way, admitting students already protected by DACA or refugees from Ukraine would be grounds for terminating access to loans.

CAPTION: “Department of Labor: Deny loan access to those who are not U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents, and deny loan access to students at schools that provide in-state tuition to illegal aliens.” [2025, p167]

PANEL 4

An archival image of the Birwood/8 Mile segregation wall in Detroit.  On one side of the concrete wall, we see scrub grass and a few trees; on the other side, somewhat ramshackle houses.

CAPTION: The same restrictions would be true for public housing

CAPTION: “Department of Housing and Urban Development: Ensure that only U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents utilize or occupy federally subsidized housing.” [2025, p167]

PAGE THREE

PANEL 1

19^th century immigrants crowded on a boat gaze at the Statue of Liberty in the near distance.

CAPTION: The very idea of the United States grew from people escaping political and religious persecution. In its own words, Project 2025 believes…

CAPTION: “Victimization SHOULD not be a basis for an immigration benefit.” [2025, p. 141]