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The music of Immigrants draws on classic Latin sounds, but Lara's brand of cumbia, which came to the United States from Colombia via Texas, has a contemporary feel, with more synthesized beats and elements of hip-hop and rap, and its politics are just as current. The name of the album is Immigrants, but its cover image of a speeding station wagon—a reference to one of the more mundane ways people come to the United States by land—trades on a national conversation about immigration without being pedantic.
"It's not a political album, but it's pushing the culture," Lara said.