Gianluca Costantini · Drawings, solidarity and public action · United States
A face becomes a drawing.
A drawing becomes a presence.
Someone carries it into the room.
Portraits, campaigns and acts of remembrance confronting the human consequences of immigration enforcement—and following the images from the studio into the hands of others.
Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., August 5, 2026. Photograph: Leigh Vogel / Getty Images for Women’s March.
The project
Keeping a person
in public view
Before an image can be carried in a demonstration, someone has to stop and look at a face.
This body of work brings together Gianluca Costantini’s drawings about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency known as ICE, and the people affected by immigration enforcement. Some portraits remember lives lost. Others stand alongside people facing prosecution in connection with protests. Each begins with an individual name.
The works take different routes: an article, a downloadable poster, a union campaign, a vigil. Following those routes reveals how a drawing becomes part of collective action—and how the people who use it extend its meaning.
Washington · August 5, 2026
The faces enter
a place of power
Inside the Hart Senate Office Building, protesters lent their bodies to people who could no longer be there.
During the Women’s March “Abolish ICE” action, banners descended from the balconies and demonstrators lay on the atrium floor. Costantini’s portraits were held upright, placed beside bodies and carried through the building.
The setting mattered. These faces entered a building housing U.S. senators’ offices, bringing remembrance into the space of political decisions. The drawings linked the scale of the institution to the scale of a single life.
The action ended with arrests. Its photographs preserve the encounter between the portraits, those carrying them and the officers who removed the demonstrators.
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Washington · August 5, 2026 · Photo gallery
The drawings
in the room
The portraits enter the atrium, banners unfold from the balconies, and police intervene. Leigh Vogel’s photographs document the Women’s March action at the Hart Senate Office Building.
Portraits held in the Hart Senate Office Building atrium.
The Abolish ICE banner unfurled from a balcony.
A demonstrator carries the portrait of Jonah.
The portraits of Johan, Jonah, Ryan and Renee in public view.
U.S. Capitol Police officers confiscate banners.
A Women’s March participant is arrested by U.S. Capitol Police.
Photography: Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Women’s March. Washington, DC, August 5, 2026. Each photograph links to its Getty Images entry.
The Washington collection
Every image begins
with a name
A name, a life, a portrait. Meet the people represented in the Washington collection.
Use the dots or arrows to move through the drawings and their stories. The two unnamed works retain the limits of what is known about them.
Colorado · Minneapolis
Renee Nicole Good
Renee Nicole Good was a poet, writer and mother of three from Colorado. She studied creative writing at Old Dominion University, where she won a poetry prize in 2020. Her family remembered her warmth and the care she showed others. She was 37 when an ICE officer killed her in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026.
Sources: Associated Press · Family remembrance · Old Dominion University
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Illinois · Wisconsin · Minneapolis
Alex Pretti
Alex Pretti was born in Illinois and grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin. After studying at the University of Minnesota, he worked in research before becoming an intensive-care nurse at the Minneapolis veterans’ hospital. He loved the outdoors and cared deeply about his patients. He was 37 when federal immigration officers killed him in Minneapolis on January 24, 2026.
Sources: Sky News · family profile
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Michigan · Weslaco · McAllen, Texas
Ryan Luis Mosqueda
Ryan Luis Mosqueda, reported as Ryan Louis Mosqueda by the Associated Press, was 27 and had ties to Michigan and Weslaco, Texas. His father had been looking for him before the events in McAllen. According to authorities, he opened fire at a Border Patrol facility on July 7, 2025, before federal agents shot and killed him. Few verified details of his earlier life are publicly available.
Sources: Associated Press
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Memphis, Tennessee
Jonah Neal
Jonah Neal was 25 and lived in Memphis. His family remembered a quiet, caring young man who loved music, anime, his dog Flynn and playing bingo with his grandmother. He excelled in maths and science and had hoped to become a doctor. He died on May 20, 2026, during an encounter with the Memphis Safe Task Force.
Sources: Family obituary · NPR · family interview
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Bucaramanga, Colombia · Biddeford, Maine
Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero
Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero came from Bucaramanga, Colombia, and lived with his family in Biddeford, Maine. His wife remembered a devoted father who took their young daughter to the park and held her as she fell asleep. Friends recalled bicycle rides, football and walks with their dogs. He was killed by an ICE officer on July 13, 2026, while heading to work.
Sources: Maine Morning Star · family remembrance · Portland Press Herald
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Tlatlaya, Mexico · Houston, Texas
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo came from Tlatlaya, Mexico, and built a life in Houston over more than three decades. A husband and father of three sons, he ran a construction business and was remembered for his reliability and generosity. His family was at the centre of his daily life. He was 52 when an ICE officer killed him on July 7, 2026.
Sources: Family memorial · Factchequeado · family account
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Northridge · Los Angeles, California
Keith Porter
Keith Porter Jr. was a 43-year-old father of two daughters who lived in Northridge, Los Angeles. His father remembered him as generous, gentle and devoted to his family. Relatives and friends gathered to honour the warmth he brought to their lives. He was shot and killed by an off-duty ICE officer on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2025.
Sources: His father’s remembrance · San Fernando Valley Sun
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San Antonio · South Padre Island, Texas
Ruben Ray Martinez
Ruben Ray Martinez was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. He shared a love of basketball and the Spurs with his childhood best friend, Josh Orta. The two travelled to South Padre Island to celebrate Ruben’s 23rd birthday. An ICE agent killed him there on March 15, 2025; the agency’s involvement became publicly known almost a year later.
Sources: The Texas Tribune · family interviews
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Michoacan, Mexico · Chicago, Illinois
Silverio Villegas Gonzalez
Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was a cook and father of two from Michoacan, Mexico. He had made his home in the Chicago area, where his family and community remembered his care and hard work. He was 38 when an ICE officer shot and killed him in Franklin Park on September 12, 2025. His portrait preserves his place within this collection of lives and names.
Sources: WBEZ · family and community remembrance
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Identity not documented in the collection
Unidentified
This drawing appears in the Washington collection under the label “Unidentified.” The materials available for this page do not establish a name, birthplace or personal history. The silhouette is retained with that uncertainty made explicit. A biographical account can be added when the person’s identity is reliably documented.
Sources: The Washington collection
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Name not documented in the collection
Unknown name
This work was supplied under the title “Unknown name.” No verified biographical details accompany it in the materials available for this page. It remains part of the collection without an invented name or life story. The entry leaves space for that history to be restored if reliable information becomes available.
Sources: The Washington collection
View the drawing ↗Drawings: Gianluca Costantini / ChannelDraw. Biographical sources are linked beside each portrait.
Women’s March · Abolish ICE
From portraits
to collective action
A drawing can become a poster, a public witness and an invitation to act.
Women’s March connects the call to abolish ICE with the lives of women, families and communities affected by detention and immigration enforcement. Its campaign calls for abolition rather than reform, and asks Congress to act.
The campaign’s August 4, 2026 update lists eleven people killed in immigration enforcement encounters and fifty-four deaths in custody since January 20, 2025. These are the campaign’s dated figures, rather than a live count.
Gianluca Costantini’s eleven portraits appear in the campaign’s Killed by I.C.E. poster set, available as an 11 × 17 inch PDF. An advocacy toolkit and a petition to Congress connect the images with opportunities for collective action.
Source: Women’s March, Abolish I.C.E.
Prairieland · Spokane
Drawing alongside
those who protest
The project also follows the people facing prosecution in connection with opposition to immigration enforcement.
These portraits carry a different responsibility from the commemorative drawings. They keep living people visible while their stories are being told through charges, court proceedings and campaigns of support. The linked articles document the cases as reported at the time of publication.
Prairieland · A collection made to circulate
Solidarity in print
For the Prairieland Defendants, Costantini made a collection of portraits freely available for posters, publications, exhibitions and public events. Sharing the files gives other people a practical way to carry the stories further.
Thirteen portraits introduce the people behind the names: their work, relationships, interests and everyday lives.
Prairieland · Portraits in solidarity
Daniel Sanchez-Estrada
Daniel, known as Des Revol, is a tattoo artist whose drawings often reflect his commitment to animals. He enjoys writing poetry, reading, trying new vegan recipes and spending time with loved ones. His friends also describe his affection for opossums, which he has sometimes fostered.
Source: Prairieland Defendants · personal profile
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Prairieland · Portraits in solidarity
Maricela Rueda
Known to loved ones as Mari, Maricela is a mother who enjoys karaoke duets with her child, reading and writing groups, and potlucks with friends. Vegan since 2019, she loves sharing food. Her personal profile recalls a home shared with a dog, two cats and two rabbits.
Source: Prairieland Defendants · personal profile
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Prairieland · Portraits in solidarity
Autumn Hill
Autumn performs drag as Lady Hell and has a wide-ranging interest in history and mythology. Her reading moves between retellings of ancient myths, gothic horror, weird fiction and queer romance. Video games and tabletop role-playing are also part of her creative world.
Source: Prairieland Defendants · personal profile
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Prairieland · Portraits in solidarity
Benjamin Hanil Song
Benjamin, also known as Champagne, has helped feed unhoused people in Oak Cliff and taught first aid and queer self-defense. They enjoy cooking, food history, philosophy and science fiction. They shared a home with their partner, Rowan Gibson, and four cats, and have a particular interest in marine life.
Source: Prairieland Defendants · personal profile
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Prairieland · Portraits in solidarity
Elizabeth Soto
Elizabeth, known as Liz, is a mother of three and the partner of Ines Soto. Loved ones describe her as a welcoming, caring presence. She enjoys history, family traditions, gardening and learning about native plants, with interests spanning geology, botany and ecology as well as gothic and historical fiction.
Source: Prairieland Defendants · personal profile
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Prairieland · Portraits in solidarity
Ines Soto
Ines is a father of three and the partner of Elizabeth Soto. Friends describe his warmth and humor, and his efforts to create welcoming spaces for marginalized and creative people. He has volunteered in disaster relief, enjoys reading and working on cars, and plays basketball with his children.
Source: Prairieland Defendants · personal profile
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Prairieland · Portraits in solidarity
Joy Rowan Gibson
Joy, known as Rowan, has helped feed unhoused people in Oak Cliff and cared for stray animals. Vegan and an animal lover, they enjoy poetry, art, anime, science fiction and fantasy. They shared a home with their partner, Benjamin Song, and four cats, and also enjoy cooking and gardening.
Source: Prairieland Defendants · personal profile
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Prairieland · Portraits in solidarity
Lucy Fowlkes
Lucy enjoys gardening, horticulture and exploring the outdoors. Her personal profile describes a life on a farm with goats, chickens and her dog, Daisy. Hiking and learning about the natural world are among her interests, offering a glimpse of the everyday life behind the portrait.
Source: Prairieland Defendants · personal profile
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Prairieland · Portraits in solidarity
Lynette Sharp
Lynette grew up near Fort Worth, Texas. In an interview with This American Life, she recalls riding bicycles and horses as a child, and later finding community through motorcycles, friendship and volunteering. She began attending protests in 2022 and describes helping unhoused people and enjoying karaoke with friends.
Source: This American Life · personal interview
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Prairieland · Portraits in solidarity
Meagan Morris
Meagan has a strong interest in astronomy, mathematics and science fiction. Her personal profile describes a home shared with her wife, housemates and dogs. Her writing is also shared online through a dedicated updates page, allowing readers to encounter her own words alongside the portrait.
Source: Prairieland Defendants · personal profile
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Prairieland · Portraits in solidarity
Rebecca Morgan
Rebecca has a degree in neurobiology and an interest in history and applied sciences. An avid reader, she also enjoys making art and cooking. Friends and family describe her as kind and compassionate; her profile welcomes correspondence about books, recipes and the natural world.
Source: Prairieland Defendants · personal profile
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Prairieland · Portraits in solidarity
Savanna Batten
Savanna is a lifelong animal lover who has been vegan since the age of fourteen. Their companions include a cat, Garfielda, and six rescued hermit crabs. They enjoy reading, insects and prairie ecology, and spending time outdoors with friends and their cat.
Source: Prairieland Defendants · personal profile
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Prairieland · Portraits in solidarity
Zachary Evetts
Zachary, known as Zach, is a mechanical engineer. The support committee’s letter-writing booklet describes his enjoyment of time with his wife, video games and cartoons. These brief details offer a personal introduction to someone whose name is otherwise encountered mainly in accounts of the Prairieland case.
Source: Prairieland Defendants · letter-writing booklet
View the drawing ↗Spokane · Three individual portraits
THE SPOKANE 3
The Spokane series brings together Jac Archer, Justice Forral and Bajun Mavalwalla II. Their portraits accompany the account of the protest outside the local ICE office and the subsequent federal case.
A group name can help a campaign travel. Drawing each person separately preserves the individuals within that name.
Spokane, Washington · The Spokane 3
Jac Archer
Jac Archer is a parent, law graduate and longtime Spokane activist. A former co-executive director of Spokane Community Against Racism, they combine community organizing with policy advocacy. Eastern Washington University named them Activist in Residence in 2021. Their work has included workshops on protest and organizing, and they are one of the three defendants in the Spokane case.
Source: Spokane 3 Support · About the defendants
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Spokane, Washington · The Spokane 3
Justice Forral
Justice Forral is a Spokane organizer whose work spans housing, immigrant justice, queer rights and police accountability. They have served on the city’s Human Rights Commission and worked with Spokane Community Against Racism. Fellow activists describe their courage and creative approach to public action. Comedy is also part of their work, bringing humour into organizing and difficult circumstances.
Source: Spokane 3 Support · About the defendants
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Spokane, Washington · The Spokane 3
Bajun Mavalwalla II
Bajun Mavalwalla II is a construction worker and Army National Guard veteran who served in Afghanistan as a Japanese linguist. After military service, he founded a nonprofit to help Afghan refugees leave during the Taliban takeover in 2021. His support committee describes a commitment to justice and nonviolence. He joined the June 2025 Spokane protest after seeing an online appeal.
Source: Spokane 3 Support · About the defendants
View the drawing ↗After Washington
The faces continue
to speak
A protest can end in a single afternoon. An image can keep moving long afterwards.
After the arrests, photographs of the Washington action carried the portraits into new contexts. Kristine Jones’s images document their presence among the protesters and the police. The follow-up article connects that public memory to demands for independent investigations and access to evidence.
The drawings hold attention on the people at the centre of those demands. Each time someone prints, shares or carries a portrait, a name re-enters public view.
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June—August 2026
A shared thread
June 27 — July 10
Making work available
Articles on Daniel and Maricela lead into the freely downloadable Prairieland portrait collection.
July 8 — 16
Remembrance and care
The portraits of Lorenzo and Johan accompany their stories; the nurses’ campaign gives Lorenzo’s image another public role.
July 17
Three faces in Spokane
Individual portraits bring Jac Archer, Justice Forral and Bajun Mavalwalla II into the visual record.
August 5 — 8
Into the Senate building
The Women’s March action brings the portraits into Washington. Two articles follow their presence and continued circulation.
Drawings made to be used
Print. Share.
Keep the names visible.
The work can travel beyond this page.
The Washington posters
The eleven-poster collection used for the Washington action, available as a printable PDF.
Download 11 posters · PDF ↗The Prairieland drawings
High-resolution portraits made freely available for campaigns, publications, exhibitions and public events.
Download the portraits ↗When sharing the drawings, keep the names with the images and credit Gianluca Costantini / ChannelDraw. Photographs are credited separately to their respective photographers.
Continue reading
The articles behind
the project
- THE FACES OF ICE’S VICTIMS ENTER THE UNITED STATES SENATE
- AFTER THE ARRESTS, THE FACES CONTINUE TO SPEAK
- THE SPOKANE 3: WHEN PEACEFUL PROTEST BECOMES A FEDERAL CRIME
- NURSES HONOR LORENZO SALGADO ARAUJO
- JOHAN SEBASTIÁN DURÁN GUERRERO, 26, KILLED BY ICE AGENTS IN MAINE
- FREE DRAWINGS IN SUPPORT OF THE PRAIRIELAND DEFENDANTS
- LORENZO SALGADO ARAUJO KILLED DURING ICE OPERATION IN HOUSTON: FAMILY DEMANDS TRUTH AND JUSTICE
- MARICELA RUEDA SENTENCED TO 70 YEARS AFTER PRAIRIELAND PROTEST ARREST
- DANIEL SANCHEZ-ESTRADA SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS: THE LIMITS OF FREE SPEECH
An ongoing project by Gianluca Costantini / ChannelDraw
Washington photographs: Leigh Vogel / Getty Images for Women’s March; Kristine Jones. Social documentation: Women’s March. Drawings: Gianluca Costantini.