The Official Shoe of Illegal Immigrants: Artist Judi Werthein's high-top sneaker 'Brinco' went on sale recently ($215 a pair) at boutiques in San Diego and New York City, complete with tiny accessories including a compass and flashlight on the shoelaces and secret pocket in the shoe's tongue.
However, she also gives away many pairs in Tijuana because she actually designed the shoe for Mexican migrants to wear when they sneak across the border into the United States.
For them, the back of the shoe has a drawing of the country's patron saint of migrants, and a removable foot support has a crude map of the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a November Associated Press report.
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