Friday, January 1, 2016

What? A FOX television show called Bordertown. Yes, it is true and the news story here has the details.

The show is described on the official website as follows:

"From FAMILY GUY’s Mark Hentemann comes BORDERTOWN, a new animated comedy about two families living in a Southwest desert town on the U.S. - Mexico border. The series takes a satirical look at the cultural shifts occurring in America, where the U.S. Census forecasts that by 2017, ethnic minorities will become the majority. Set against this increasingly diverse backdrop, the comedy explores family, politics and everything in between with a cross-cultural wink.

BORDERTOWN centers on two clans: the Buckwalds and the Gonzalezes. BUD BUCKWALD (Hank Azaria, THE SIMPSONS) is a married father of three and a Border Patrol agent who is just a tad behind the times and feels slightly threatened by the cultural changes transforming his neighborhood. He lives next door to ERNESTO GONZALEZ (Nicholas Gonzalez, SLEEPY HOLLOW), an ambitious family man, who has been in the country less than 10 years, but is already doing better than Bud – which, it turns out, is a bit of an issue for Bud."

No, "Bordertown" is not the idea of Donald Trump. It in fact has been in development since 2007, long before the immigration furor sparked by Trump's fiery comments about Mexican immigrants.

The series' premiere is on Sunday and deals with a toughest-in-the-nation anti-immigration bill passed by Mexifornia, the U.S. desert community where "Bordertown" is set. The second episode airs January 10 looks at construction of a border wall.

Variety provides a review of the new series here.

KJ

https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2016/01/bordertown-plays-immigration-debate-for-laughs.html