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Example sentences for: migra

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Native-born Chicano children have played a game of “la migra chasing the Mexican,” similar to the “cowboys and Indians” games of earlier generations.
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.
In the folk dramas of El Teatro Campesino (the Farmworkers’ Theater), la migra was often characterized as an unscrupulous arrogant patrol officer who accepted bribes from the growers and ordered raids in the agricultural fields to arrest undocumented immigrants the day before payday.
Cartoons and jokes often depict la migra officials as overweight policemen who chase down innocent women and children.
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.