In Brief
“It is shocking that the American public largely must learn about the dangerous conditions at these detention centers not through reporters being able to cover the news, but through second-hand reports from lawyers and advocates granted access under a legal agreement with the U.S. border patrol,” th
In Brief
#NoKidsInCages, 24 installations commissioned by an immigration legal services nonprofit, were placed in front of media companies, cultural institutions, and other busy New York landmarks.
Film
Richard Mosse's video installation Incoming gives migrants anonymity while emphasizing their humanity.
Art
The “34,000 Pillows Project” began in 2009, when the Detention Bed Mandate required ICE to occupy an average of 34,000 beds every night across 250 detention facilities nationwide.
Art
The Migrant Quilt project began when Jody Ipsen learned that a record 282 people died when trying to cross the border in the Tucson Sector between 2004 and 2005.
Art
In a new tour, the Tenement Museum explores New York's contagious history, from tuberculosis to the AIDS crisis, through three families.
News
70 of New York City arts organizations have called upon the City's government to convene a symposium on how to better serve the city's immigrant community now under siege by ICE and the Trump administration.
Comics
Following the news, the outspoken cartoonist and activist Sasha Matthews shared her comic with Hyperallergic.
In Brief
What's intentional and what's unconscious in the Trump administration? No one knows.
News
A clandestine modification of a junk removal billboard and a nighttime projection of a political cartoon called out the president's family separation policy.
Opinion
President Trump's new detention center for immigrant children in Texas houses 1,700 boys in a former Walmart and includes a mural featuring his image.
News
"We're really here to point that out that this is not an appropriate use of American technology," said a member of Artcolectivist, a binational group involved in the light graffiti-project.