Those who came to this country as young or older may in some way identify with this writer's story. Those who don't know what it's like to immigrate to another country can visualize the horrible conditions people have had to live in. There was a man who wanted the world to know that inmates were sometimes beaten, there was an incident where the guards broke his friends and he was deported before he could receive medical treatment (Danticat 600). Detainees were forced to sleep with six people in a room with cold temperatures, some in beds, sofas and on the floor (Danticat 600). The author wants her readers to visualize the conditions in detention centers to convince people to do a