Migrant Imaginaries

I think that migrant imaginaries definitely speaks to anti-immigrant in America. Some Americans tend to think that they should have more say than immigrants when in all reality, they were once the immigrants. In the beginning of our country, 'Pilgrims' came to America and claimed the land that was already occupied by native people. Before the Mexican-American War and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago, what is now South West America, rightfully belonged to Mexico. After the land became apart of American soil, the Mexican people were treated like immigrants on the land they had lived on for generations, just as the Native Americans felt when the 'Pilgrims' came. As Camacho's book points out, there are many double standards given to different races. I found the picture below after searching "we didn't cross the border, the border crossed us." I think it speaks perfectly to the double standards that were held between the different races when it comes to anti-immigration in America.