Idaho Matters

Local art exhibit shares Idahoans stories of immigration

Carmen, Carlos, Maria, Juan, Gloria, these are just some of the eleven names of Idahoans that represent the 11 million undocumented people living in the U.S. today. That’s the premise of a traveling art exhibit from the ACLU of Idaho.

Broadcast on:: 15 Mar 2023

A half a dozen large frameless photographs hang against a brick wall, with QR codes below them. Coffee tables and shelves with hanging plants are seen in the foreground. — Los Caminos de la Vida exhibits photographs of migrants' shoes, paired with first person accounts of their journeys to America.(Julie Luchetta / Boise State Public Radio)

Carmen, Carlos, Maria, Juan, and Gloria. These are just some of the eleven names of Idahoans that represent the 11 million undocumented people living in the U.S. today.

That’s the premise of a traveling art exhibit from the ACLU of Idaho. Julie Luchetta reports.