Corrido of the United Latinos
by José F. García

(translated by Juan Díes)

My fellow Mexicans united,
Let’s win this case!
Honduiras and El Salvador,
Ecuador and Guatemala,
Also Santo Domingo,
China and Spain too.

We are all united
In the legalization [lobby].
We are working people;
Just ask the boss:
Who picks up the harvest
In the fields with the hoe?

We ask Congress
To review this situation:
In one day, without Latinos,
This nation will be ruined.
President Bush
Has already taken action.

A few renegades
Who deny being Latino
Don’t want the “wet ones”
Here in the United States.
[But] on a day without Mexicans
Only cries will be heard.

They have put up a fence for us
So that we may not return,
But that doesn’t keep us
From crossing:
We jump like deer
And we enter like moles.

And with this, I say goodbye
We are united Latinos
We fight for our rights
Here in the United States
We are working people,
And we don’t ask for welfare.