The Border Feud 边境争端
bolstered:支持
coils:缠绕
barbed wire:带刺铁丝网
ranch:大牧场
deterrent:震慑作用
tore:撕扯
fence:围栏
horribly barbaric:极其野蛮
border-enforcement:边境执法
popped up :出现
a mound of discarded clothes:一堆废弃的衣服
diapers and other detritus:尿布和其他碎屑
erupted into a defining issue:已成为决定性问题
are bogged down:陷入困境
unprecedented:前所未有的
levels of cases:案件数量
tumult:骚乱
underfunded, opaque and bursting at the seams:资金不足,不透明和不堪重负
signature issue:标志性问题
rhetoric:言论
poisoning:中毒
boxed:打击
rebounding:反弹
pandemic restrictions faded:大流行限制的解除
overrun with :挤满
dropped off:被送来
sanctuary cities.:庇护城市
followed suit with similar moves:也采取了类似举措
unauthorized to work:没有资格工作
doorsteps :家门口
With little aid forthcoming:几乎没有援助
inhumane:不人道
drive a wedge:形成隔阂
paradoxically:矛盾的是
get a free ride:免费搭车
asylum seekers:寻求庇护者
enforcement :执法
laments:感叹
shipping containers:集装箱
patrol the area :巡逻
rifles.:步枪
spectacle:奇观
security initiative:安全计划
led to xxx apprehensions statewide:被捕,全州
there’s a whack-a-mole aspect to the effort:一个问题解决,另一个问题出现,永无止境
secure one area:确保一个地区的安全
stem the tide of new arrivals:阻止新移民潮
stance has hardened:立场更强硬
swept to the presidency:当选总统
shine a spotlight on the issue:引起人们对这一问题的关注
Migrant encounters:移民数量
get in, :介入
despite:尽管
was released on parole:被假释
narcotics :毒品
a porous border:漏洞百出的边境
drug smuggling:毒品走私
seized:查获
lethal:致命的
doses of :剂量
extorted:勒索
compelled to pay gangs:被迫向团伙支付
diversions:转移
smuggle drugs:走私毒品
an influx of people:大量人员
tie up every resource :占用资源
exploit more areas.:开拓领域
exploded globally:激增
economic fallout:经济影响
political turmoil:政治动荡
hail from all over the world:来自世界各地
secure papers:安全文件
start a tenuous new life:开始脆弱的生活
evaluating who meets the criteria:评估谁符合标准
Sorting out claims:理清索赔
surrendered:自首
laid the groundwork:奠定基础
It went nowhere:毫无结果
the powers to expel people:驱逐人员的权力
sent away:遣返
frenzied talks:疯狂的谈判
yielding a deal:达成协议
swiftly collapsed:迅速崩溃
is now campaigning on the idea:宣传
shore up the border:加固边境
thwarted:阻挠
tactic:策略
enact:实施
advocates:倡导者
address a political weakness:解决
could cost him votes:失去选票
political grandstanding:政治的哗众取宠
She’s sick of:厌倦
overhaul:彻底改革
sober:清醒
dismayed:沮丧
hardline:强硬
disillusioned:失望