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With Fleets Of Planes, Artists Take To Skies Nationwide To Protest Mass Detention

This Independence Day, more than 80 artists will fly pro-immigrant messages over detention facilities and courts, former internment camps, the U.S.-Mexico border and Ellis Island.
The words "No Cages No Jaulas" appear over downtown Los Angeles as part of a day of activism by artists nationwide to mark the July 4 holiday. The message was designed by the artist Beatriz Cortez.

As Americans celebrate Independence Day, a group of artists and activists are flying pro-immigrant, anti-incarceration messages in the skies. They hired fleets of airplanes to sky-write their slogans over 80 locations, including immigration detention facilities, jails, courts and the U.S./Mexico border.

The performance artist who goes by the name Cassils flew was in one of the planes in a fleet that flew over the West Coast headquarters of Geo Group, which is one of the biggest operators of adult detention centers for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Cassils

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