An activist group that protests undocumented immigrants is demanding a California lawmaker remove a student painting from his office that depicts the Statue of Liberty as a Muslim.

We the People Rising, a group based out of Claremont, Calif., is protesting the painting hanging in Rep. Lou Correas (D-Calif.) district office, The Orange County Register reported. The art depicts the Statue of Liberty as wearing a Muslim hijab, which the group claims violates the separation of church and state.

Its a bad example for our congressman, Mike McGertrick, an activist with We the People Rising, told the Register. He shouldnt have anything religious in his office. I would like to see our Congress people be right-down-the-line patriotic.

You take it in the context of a lady, probably a Muslim American with all thats going on, shes a proud American, Correa said. Thats what it says to me.

We the People Rising said that if the painting isnt removed they will hold a protest outside Correas office on Sept. 11. The groups executive director said the issue isnt with the arts depiction specifically of a Muslim, butthe inclusion of religion of any kind being shown in a lawmaker's office.

Former GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin shared a story from the Young Conservatives about the art early Monday morning, with the headline Statue of Liberty Painting Found In Congressman's Office, Then America Spots Something Unusual.

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This new artwork controversy comes after Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) hung a painting depicting police officersas pigs in the Capitol building earlier this year. The art was later permanently removed.

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