Pat Mora has developed one of the broadest audiences of any Hispanic poet in the United States. Her crisp narrative style and the healing messages in her verse appeal to both adult and young readers. As a result, her poems have been reprinted in many...

Pat Mora's poem "Immigrants" is a poem that confronts the social pressures put on immigrants to conform to the typical American image. Every person strives to be accepted into a certain culture and this is no different in the United States.