The controversy regarding the boarder wall between the United States and Mexico has been at the forefront of political conversation for the past several years. Artist Ana Teresa Fernandez took it upon herself to make a political statement of her own regarding the boarder dispute. In 2011, she started her
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A group of activists that go by “InDecline” condemned the separation of migrant children from their parents by ICE by vandalizing a massive San Francisco-area billboard. The sign originally wrote “We make junk disappear” but altered to say “we make kids disappear” signed by ICE. The group of activists wrote
The immigration laws and policies that have been set fourth by the Trump administration have created greater tensions between American citizens nationwide. Those who support President Trump’s ideas and policies of building the wall and excluding any sort of Mexican or Latino to cross into the states have totally forgotten
Doris Salcedo is a Columbian artist whose works focuses primarily on her life experiences from growing up in Columbia. Many of her influences come from growing up in the political turmoil and losing many family members and loved ones due to the turmoil. Her art often times appears to be
M.I.A is an artist known for her controversial songs that address critiques of first world perspectives on the outside world. Most known for her 2007 mega hit “Paper Planes”, she recently put out a new song that focuses on the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis that is wracking the world. While
Carl’s Jr. just recently released a commercial promoting their new TexMex burger that tastefully incorporated the controversial topic of illegal immigration. In the commercial, two teams of attractive girls, one representing Texas and one representing Mexico, squared off in a volleyball game. The game was to determine whether the burger
Earlier this year, angry union protestors engaged in a rather peaceful form of protest that simultaneously walked the fine line between legal and illegal. “Union’s Giant Video Near White House Urges Halt to Deportations,” an article by Michael D. Shear that was published in the New York Times, describes labor
We build a fence across two thousand miles of border to keep illegal immigrants out of this country. Meanwhile, states such as Arizona, Alabama and Utah increase discriminations against immigrates by passing a bill called SB 1070 also known as Landmark Illegal Immigrants. This video shows that people are against