The wife of a sheriff in Alabama has taken responsibility after local outrage over an ICE-themed Halloween display at their home.
A photo of the front yard of Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch’s house surfaced online Tuesday, showing skeletons dressed as ICE agents appearing to chase skeletons dressed in stereotypical Hispanic attire–including sombreros and serapes–who are jumping over the fence.
It is unclear when the decorations were erected, but the controversy comes just days before the annual Mobile Latin Fest this Saturday, which celebrates “the growing Latin population in our region.”
The picture was shared by neighbor Whitney Newman on her Facebook page, and images of the display are gaining traction in social media posts online.
Newman pointed out the inappropriate nature of t