--- title: There's a Donald Trump Mural at a Migrant Children Center description: A mural at Casa Padre shelter shows President Donald Trump with a quote from his 1987 book The Art of the Deal. canonical: https://time.com/5312226/donald-trump-mural-immigrant-kids-center/ author: Gina Martinez article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-14T17:32:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:53:23.192Z article:section: Politics og:title: There's a Mural of Trump With an 'Art of the Deal' Quote at Center Housing Immigrant Children og:description: "Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war" og:url: https://time.com/5312226/donald-trump-mural-immigrant-kids-center/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54bb631700515bad/698930f0cf40a8f303c4c46d/donald-trumpdoj.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5472 og:image:height: 3078 og:image:alt: Donald Trump White house DOJ og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: There's a Mural of Trump With an 'Art of the Deal' Quote at Center Housing Immigrant Children twitter:description: "Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54bb631700515bad/698930f0cf40a8f303c4c46d/donald-trumpdoj.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # There's a Mural of President Trump With an _Art of the Deal_ Quote at the Shelter Housing 1,500 Immigrant Children > Sponsored content. 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For almost two weeks, a 12-year-old migrant girl said she and her 6-year-old sister were held inside a Border Patrol station in Texas_ by [Gina Martinez](https://time.com/author/gina-martinez/) ## Gina Martinez Jun 14, 2018 5:32 PM UTC  President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on May 16, 2018 President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on May 16, 2018Evan Vucci—AP by [Gina Martinez](https://time.com/author/gina-martinez/) ## Gina Martinez Jun 14, 2018 5:32 PM UTC Pictures are emerging from inside the former Walmart that houses 1,500 teenage boys caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. One of the images in the Casa Padre shelter in Brownsville, Texas, is a large mural of President Donald Trump with a quote – in English and Spanish – from his 1987 book _The Art of the Deal._ “Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war,” reads the quote, a reference to Trump’s real estate project at 100 Central Park South in New York City. The mural is one of 20 depicting U.S. presidents, including Barack Obama, accompanied by inspiring quotes, the [San Antonio _Express-News_](https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/politics/article/Donald-Trump-mural-inside-Texas-shelter-sparks-12992266.php#photo-15720364) reports. Most of the presidents’ quotes are about immigration, though Trump’s is not. The Casa Padre shelter is run by nonprofit group Southwest Key Programs, under federal contract, according to The [Washington ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/inside-casa-padre-the-converted-walmart-where-the-us-is-holding-nearly-1500-immigrant-children/2018/06/14/0cd65ce4-6eba-11e8-bd50-b80389a4e569%5Fstory.html?utm%5Fterm=.db5477b4c89a)[_Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/inside-casa-padre-the-converted-walmart-where-the-us-is-holding-nearly-1500-immigrant-children/2018/06/14/0cd65ce4-6eba-11e8-bd50-b80389a4e569%5Fstory.html?utm%5Fterm=.db5477b4c89a)_._ Southwest Key runs some of the shelters for children who are detained at the border while their cases are processed by federal authorities. Jaun Sanchez, the director of Southwest Key, told the _Post: “_We’re trying to do the best that we can taking care of these children. Our goal ultimately is to reunite kids with their families.” > [](https://twitter.com/jacobsoboroff/status/1007071603887362048) > [](https://twitter.com/SilpaKov/status/1007239232103092225) Trump dedicated a chapter of _Art of the Deal_ to 100 Central Park South. In 1985, [Trump entered into a legal battle](https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/09/opinion/new-york-doer-and-slumlord-both.html) with 60 tenants of the 15 story rent-controlled building. Trump had plans to knock down the building and the one next to it and replace them with a luxury high-rise. 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