10 Times The Simpsons Got Political

7. Coming To Homerica

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The season finale of Season 20 of The Simpsons, Coming to Homerica once again examines the illegal immigration issue in America, this time lampooning vigilante groups and wall-building schemes aimed at keeping immigrants out.

It all begins when Krusty Burger attempts to introduce a healthier option, the "Mother Nature Burger" - a vegetarian burger which becomes popular in Springfield. However, the entire town soon has food poisoning as a result of tainted barley from neighboring Ogdenville, whose residents are descendants of Norwegian immigrants. The outbreak sees the end of the barley business in the town, and the Ogdenville denizens flood over to Springfield, where they are hired as day labourers until the town decides to close its borders to keep the flood of Ogdenvillians out.

Soon Homer, Lenny and Carl start up a vigilante group (akin to the Minuteman Project) to keep the border "safe," while a wall is built - only, once completed, Springfield misses its neighbours, and invites them back in anyway.

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