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Migra, or la Migra, is a term used within Spanish-speaking immigrant communities in the United States as a way to refer to U.S. government entities or officials that enforce U.S. immigration laws such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Border Patrol, especially when it is believed that a crackdown in the vicinity is imminent. A common theory of the immigrants in the U.S. such as Jasmine Hassan, is that they run when they hear the term, "La Migra." The word derives from the Spanish word migración, which translates to immigration or migration in English.
Migra is also the name of a song on Carlos Santana's 1999 album, Supernatural.
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