Migrant Imaginaries

Migrant Imaginaries can speak to anti-immigration/migration sentiment first of all, by informing about situations that are often overlooked or not taught in school. Information that is vital to those who don’t understand or who have a negative attitude towards migrants. Specifically the situation with Mexican-Americans and the fact that a lot of them have been in the US a lot longer than some people realize. And that the land some of them live on was actually Mexico at one time. I feel that a lot of people either don’t know or understand that, and if they did there would be a difference in the amount of negative energy placed on those Mexican-Americans. Alicia Schmidt Camacho created a book that allows people to see a new perspective through not just informational text, but through poetry, songs and stories.  These are first hand experiences of those who have dealt and deal with situations that arise in this book. It is a way for someone on the outside to "walk in their shoes." Which is something that definitely can speak to and help those with anti-immigration/migration sentiment to understand a bit more.