Over the years, the political art Karen Fiorito has put on a downtown Phoenix billboard has ranged from serious to satirical.

But there's nothing funny about her latest work.

"We Stand for Law and Order" juxtaposes a photo of masked ICE agents with a historic image of Ku Klux Klan members clad in robes and hoods. Bold red numbers read "2025" on the ICE image and "1922" on the KKK image. In the Klan image, one of the people in the photo carries a sign that reads "We Stand for Law and Order."

“I wanted to make the comparison between ICE and the KKK because both groups employ the use of masks in order to give their members a sense of power, anonymity and impunity,” Fiorito says of the 40-foot-wide work of art. “Masks de-individualize the members of the group and make it easier for them to

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