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I Am a Child: Interview with Paola Mendoza

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"No matter where they were born, no matter what borders they cross, they are still children. And because they are children, their human right is to remain with their parents." Sandy Santana, Executive Director of Children's Rights, spoke with artist and activist Paola Mendoza about her work advocating on behalf of immigrants in the US. Paola, who immigrated to the country at the age of 3 with her family, responded to Trump's new policy separating immigrant children from their parents with her "I Am a Child" photo series, which draws inspiration from the iconic 1968 photo "I Am a Man."

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