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Migra is short for the Spanish word immigración, and has become an important and viable character in the vocabulary and culture of Chicanos and Mexicanos alike.
La migra is an abbreviated and slang term for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and the Border Patrol.
Still, many Chicanos grew up being threatened by their parents that if they didn’t behave, “te vay llevar la migra,” la migra would come and take them away, presumably to Mexico.
Starting in the late 1940s and into the present, la migra made raids in the San Joaquin Valley of California, rounding up braceros who had overstayed their contract time allocation.
Native-born Chicano children have played a game of “la migra chasing the Mexican,” similar to the “cowboys and Indians” games of earlier generations.