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Does the highlighted "sentiment" in the provided text mean "Akerman's sympathy with the migrants"?

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The video features several interviews Akerman completed with individuals from both countries, but her sympathy seems to lie with those who recount harrowing or tragic stories of their own or their family’s experiences in migrating to the US. One young man states matter-of-factly that he does not know his birthdate or age, due to his almost lifelong displacement and migration between the two countries. These subjects speak directly to the camera, with Akerman positioned behind it, posing questions. She films an interview with a migration lawyer in Arizona who struggles to represent and assist these workers, but also an anti-immigration hardliner in Douglas whose lack of human empathy with the migrants, in addition to his considerable paranoia, is remarkable. That sentiment is echoed in a sequence of (found) border-surveillance video that Akerman includes in the film near its conclusion.