‘La Migra’ cell phone ringtone satire, not racism, developer says

“A ringtone about deportation that Cingular Wireless LLC pulled for being “blatantly offensive” was satire and shouldn’t be taken seriously, said the company that developed the lyrics.

Barrio Mobile apologized Thursday but said “La Migra” ”” a slang term for Border Patrol agent ”” written by Mexican-American comic Paul Saucido was not meant to be racist.

“His position is that people of Hispanic background need to maintain a sense of humor about the immigration situation,” said Jonathan Dworkin, a vice president of Cellfish Media.”

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