Pasa por Aquí | columns by Kayla Myers
Artist: Unnamed Youth in Immigration Detention Center Credit: Photo by: Justin Hamel
Art Cannot be Caged: Detained Migrant Youth Create an Exhibit
Mon, Jun 28, 2021, 12:07pm | By Kayla Myers
“Uncaged Art Tornillo Children’s Detention Center” is fundamentally about Central American children who came to our nation seeking security and safety and found themselves incarcerated within the walls of a sterile detention center built in the Chihuahuan Desert.
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