Saul Linares, a factory worker from Hempstead, N.Y., sat down at dinner on Feb. 7 with pen, paper and a story to tell. Then he did what similarly equipped Mexicans have done since the 1800’s. He wrote a corrido.
He was done in 20 minutes.
Voy a cantarles un corrido a los presentes,
que le compuse a Joe Arpaio de Arizona,
un sinvergüenza, desgraciado, anti-inmigrante,
que se ha ganado el repudio de toda la gente.
I will sing a corrido to all those present
that I wrote for Joe Arpaio from Arizona,
a shameless, disgraceful immigrant hater
who has earned the repudiation of the people.
Arpaio puts the immigrants in jail
because he says that they are crooks
but they are only looking for a decent job ...
And without any apparent sense or reason
he paraded them in chains down the street.
The inmate parade happened in Phoenix on Feb. 4. Last week the Justice Department told the sheriff he was being investigated over accusations of racial profiling, and Congress members denounced his “reign of terror.”
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