The poem “Steerage” by the poet David Citino helps us understand a lot about the immigrants experience. David Citino helps us understand more about immigrants experience in several different ways, heres 3. One way of helping us better understand the immigrants experience is when he says “who inhabits the future they desire freedom from poverties dirty fire” (citino). Which also means, the future is being free from being poor and by immigrating to America they actually have a chance at success. Next a second way David Citino help us better understand immigrating, was when he says “a mode of going from dark days to light, to develope all ways “ (Citino). Which could also mean, the dark days are representing to old country and the light must