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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kelly Rissman

DHS used a Thomas Kinkade painting to push ‘anti-immigration’ homeland message. His family is livid

Immigration officials used late artist Thomas Kinkade’s painting in a social media post pushing the Trump administration’s anti-immigration agenda — a move that the painter’s family “strongly condemns.”

President Donald Trump vowed to execute “the largest deportation program in American history” and his administration has set a goal to remove 1 million undocumented immigrants each year. Now, his Department of Homeland Security is amplifying his anti-immigration agenda by sharing American painters’ works that honor the country’s history.

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