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The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

US homeland security condemned for using Japanese artist’s work without consent

Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem speaks in North Charleston, South Carolina, in November 2025.
The homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, speaks in North Charleston, South Carolina, in November 2025. Photograph: Alex Brandon/Pool via Getty Images

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is facing backlash once again, this time from a Japanese artist who has condemned the agency for using, without permission, his work to promote deportations.

In a post on X on New Year’s Eve, the department posted a photo featuring a pristine and empty beach with palm trees and a vintage car. Written across the photo was “America after 100 million deportations,” along with a separate caption that said: “The peace of a nation no longer besieged by the third world.”

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