let us forget about what happened moveon on, think about other immigrants histories? what are the lessons of angel island today? there are diverse groups of immigrants that came to the immigration station. not all them were detained. not all of them might have had this experience is of wanting to cut out the bowels of the western barbarians, but many of them did. while he often point to ellis island and its celebratory history of immigration and are making of a nation of immigrants, i would argue that this other history, the starker history of immigration through angel island perhaps has even more residents with our contemporary world today. the poems describe frustration, disappointment ange resentmentr, of the immigration experience and it helps us confront discrimination and immigration laws. as we know, this is not a story that we can just safely leave to the early 20th century. these are two photos and headlines that were taken from the news just this past summer. one central american refugees, many of them children or mothers were coming across the border united