So, I've thought about this song ever since I first heard it. To me (And of course I'm probably wrong), it's not only about the immigrants coming from south of the border, but also there was a time, in America, when people from Oklahoma were going to California to escape the horrid conditions left by the Dust Bowl. They were hated by many of the locals. Police were put on the California/Arizona border to keep them out. There was an "Anti-Okie" law that was later found to be unconstitutional but many of the migrants were treated as bad as they do the hispanic immigrants are today.
So, I've thought about this song ever since I first heard it. To me (And of course I'm probably wrong), it's not only about the immigrants coming from south of the border, but also there was a time, in America, when people from Oklahoma were going to California to escape the horrid conditions left by the Dust Bowl. They were hated by many of the locals. Police were put on the California/Arizona border to keep them out. There was an "Anti-Okie" law that was later found to be unconstitutional but many of the migrants were treated as bad as they do the hispanic immigrants are today.