Overview

• Dutch artist Judith de Leeuw spent six days painting the 50-foot mural on a Roubaix building to highlight migrant hardship.
• Unveiled on July 4 to mirror US Independence Day, the artwork shows Lady Liberty covering her eyes in protest of President Trump’s tightened immigration rules.
• Roubaix’s status as home to one of France’s largest migrant communities informed the mural’s placement and its message of lost freedoms.
• Since its unveiling, the piece has gone viral on social platforms, accruing over 16 million views.
• Local residents and migrant-rights groups have embraced the protest, while MAGA-aligned users on X condemn it as unpatriotic.