La Migra is the Mexican's term for a US Immigration Officer or Border Patrol agent or for a group of such agents collectively. In common parlance the noun "Migra" is often modified by the adjective "pinchi" or "pinche" indicating a certain level of disrespect.
Greg -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Craig Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 5:13 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Profiled On Fri, 8 Nov 2013 16:20:30 -0800 "Greg Fiorentino" <gf...@dslnorthwest.net> wrote: > There is no direct translation, but you may substitute any crude and > nasty adjective. Most non-literal translations I've heard would have > to appear on "banned". And what does "La Migra" mean? I tried looking that up on Google's translation site and got no answer. Craig > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Craig > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 4:15 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Profiled > > On Fri, 8 Nov 2013 15:52:08 -0800 "Greg Fiorentino" > <gf...@dslnorthwest.net> wrote: > > > << Same thing happened to us in South Texas once, but the LE were La > > Migra.>> > > > > You mean La PINCHI Migra. > > And in English that is ... ? > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com Craig ---------------------------------- Present:'95 E320 Sebastian 124 kmi '94 E420 Oskar 127 kmi (awaiting parting out) '82 240D/3.0 Bluebell 267 kmi (diesel leak fixed, I think) Past: '86 190E/2.3 '72 220/8 '64 190Dc Emma '72 220D/8 Herman 186 kmi _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
