migra
Americannoun
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Spanish, Slang. the authorities or agencies in the United States involved with immigration, considered collectively.
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Spanish, Slang. an agent of these agencies.
Example Sentences
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He embraced the role of migra bogeyman like a tween boy scarfing down a bowl of Warheads, always promising more deportations, more chaos, more more.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
“Si nos llega agarrar la migra, perdemos todo,” the woman with the tourist visa said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2025
There were years, in the 1980s, when la migra was a familiar sight, chasing and tackling workers who had no criminal record but were in the country illegally.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2025
One shudders to think what Border Patrol sector chief Gregory Bovino thinks is excessive for la migra.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
An informal truce was struck with the police and la migra.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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