S.1200 -- 99th Congress, 2020

Expanded sheet metal, steel rod. Standard luggage sizes

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S.1200 -- 99th Congress refers to the 1986 Immigration reform act that the Reagan administration passed, essentially criminalizing migration. The United States has the most extensive incarceration system in the world and the largest immigration detention system. And because 81% of these detention centers are owned and operated by private companies, it is questionable whether the United States immigration policies are designed for profit or people. 

With these sculptures, dialogue is not limited to the overlapping institutions of migration and incarceration but expands into issues regarding borders and the body politic, migrant labor, and property. On exhibition and restricted from usage, the sculptures signal the language of "window display," presented like goods to be purchased. The relationship between the sculptures and the viewer exaggerates sensitivity to consumption and the overlapping subjects consumed.

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Esta seria ha sido llamada “S. 1200 - Congreso # 99,” que se refiere a la reforma migratoria del 1986, la cual fue pasada por la administración del presidente Reagan, que esencialmente criminalizaba la inmigración.  Los Estados Unidos son el país con el sistema de excarcelación más extensivo y con el sistema de detenciones más grande del mundo entero.  Y debido a que el 81% de esos centros de detención son operados y propiedad por compañías privadas, tenemos que cuestionar si las políticas de inmigración de los Estados Unidos están diseñadas para el beneficio financiero por encima de los seres humanos.