This study examines how language practices, institutional structures, and power relations influence the perception of migrants towards being understood specifically at the nexus of communicative legitimacy and migrant subjectivity. It is a reiew of both empirical and theoretical literature that clarifies the politics of the communicative relationships between migrants, while employing critical sociolinguistic approaches as well as the Bourdieusian frames of linguistic capital. This analysis contends that communicative legitimacy constitutes a controversial space where gaps in resource distribution, institutionalized gatekeeping, and linguistic ideologies converge to create unjustified acknowledgment and belonging. Migrants cope with these forces by adopting deliberate communication tactics, silence, and negotiating their identity; however, structural imperatives continue to constrain their agency. The findings suggest an urgent need for policy interventions that could defy monolingual ideologies, which are harmful to various linguistic repertoires, and correct systemic inequalities in communicative resources. Ultimately, this review argues for reconceptualizing migration not merely as a physical movement but as a communicative struggle of acceptance, dignity, and social inclusion.