This 11"x14" oil on canvas depicts a recent deportee from the U.S. looking back. Is she looking at family that she has had to leave on the U.S. side of the border? Does she have a husband and children from which she has been forcibly separated? Our president, in his recent inaugural speech, stated that, "Our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as the land of opportunity. " He mentioned the societal progress that has issued from Seneca Falls, Selma and Stonewall...and I hope also comes forth from the Sonoran Desert in Arizona.
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