DHS accused of stealing art to promote deporting one-third of US
Story by Alex Woodward • 15h
Kristi Noem’s Department of Homeland Security promised “the peace of a nation no longer besieged by the third world” in the agency’s New Year’s Eve message imagining the removal of 100 million people from the country.
Attached to the post on the agency’s X account was a painting from Hiroshi Nagai’s Beachcomber series, showing a classic American car parked on the beach as a massive wave hurls towards the shore.
The agency also added text to the image: “America After 100 Million Deportations.”
The administration’s outrageous suggestion that nearly one-third of a country made up of more than 340 million people could be deported swiftly drew outrage. Nagai, meanwhile, became the latest artist to accuse Donald Trump’s administration of lifting work and adapting it to spread a political message without permission.
“The image is being used without permission,” the 79-year-old Japanese artist wrote to his followers on the social media platform. “What should I do about this?”
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