Migrant Imaginaries

The author does an excellent job of shedding light on an often unheard perspective of the “migrant imaginaries” by using the perspective of those pushed out of the land now owned by the United States. Taking this viewpoint gives a little bit more insight or sort of the “other side” of the story. Often as Americans we only ever hear how immigrants are bad because they take jobs away from us. When really as Camacho shows through the opinions in her book they are only trying to take back the land that was once theirs. The way they (the immigrants/migrants) see it is, they deserve to work in specific parts of the United States including Texas and New Mexico because it was once theirs. The book speaks to anti-immigration sentiment by giving an entirely new perspective on how the immigrants feel about their situation. Opinions are strong on both sides. This book opens up new ideas and gives people who are anti-immigrant a new perspective. Camacho does a good job of giving the readers an opportunity to understand how angry the Mexicans were after being pushed out of the land that was theirs. They are willing to fight to earn it back, the author discusses riots and protests as well as music and performances that all had to do with land rights. Migrant Imaginaries brings a new perspective to what people who are anti-immigrant understand.