I just think it’s really cool how some artists take the traditional image of the Virgen de Guadalupe, then turn it into contemporary/activist Marian art. So continuing onward from my last collection of Virgen imagery…
Archive for May 8, 2008
ICE raids Bay Area taquerias after May Day march
The day after May 1 immigrant rights marches, undercover ICE officials in the Bay Area raided a chain of taquerias, arresting three employees. Immigrant rights organizations are claiming that the timing of these raids is no coincidence.
“I pay my taxes, I don’t have any tattoos and I don’t have a record,” said [José Sánchez López, one of the workers who was arrested]. “I’m one of those people who goes from my house to work, and on the weekends I take walks with my family,” said the young father of three.
