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“Even though I feel this way, I didn’t want [the mural] to be like, ‘F**k ICE,’” said Hernandez, who also didn't want to shy from making a more pointed political statement. “I feel like my work always has a hidden symbolism, but obviously with everything going on in America right now, I wanted to be a lot more direct. … I don’t know. Sometimes I have these moments where I get discouraged, where I’m like, ‘What’s the point of all this? I’m just painting stupid pictures on a wall. Is it even making a difference?’ But I think it is. And I think showing working people, and specifically minorities and Latin people, I think it’s challenging the normalization of ICE coming in and removing people. It’s letting people know we’re still holding these people in a place of honor in our community.”

Adam Hernandez aims to uplift immigrant workers with his latest mural – Matter News The Columbus artist will be on site at 1014 Parsons Ave. for the public unveiling of ‘We the People/Nosotros la Gente” on Thursday, June 11.