Silhouetted against a yellow background and the word “CAUTION,” the sign featured a father, waist bent, head down, running hard. In 1986, the San Diego sector recorded its highest number of border crossing apprehensions in a year: 628,000, according to Department of Homeland Security statistics. And so the famous border crossing sign, Caltrans officials say, has become largely obsolete. Those opposed to illegal immigration re-imagined the signs, depicting the family as a threat, with the man brandishing a rifle. At the time he drafted the sign, Hood said he didn’t imagine his creation would take on a life of its own.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 07, 2017 21:01 UTC