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Parts of the caravan¹ have been reaching a town at the U.S.-Mexico border. You remember the caravan. Before the election, President Trump² warned of a, quote, "invasion" of asylum³ seekers. At the border, NPR's Carrie Kahn now reports small numbers of people, quote, "trickling⁴ in," seeking asylum - legally. Under President Trump's orders, more than 5,000 U.S. troops deployed⁵ against the not-invasion. From KJZZ's Fronteras Desk in Tucson, Michel Marizco reports on what some are doing.

MICHEL MARIZCO, BYLINE⁶: Newly elected Democratic Mayor Arturo Garino was busy with Election Day when the Army arrived in Nogales, Ariz.

ARTURO GARINO: Aesthetically⁷ pleasing - it's not.

MARIZCO: The troops started erecting⁸ coils of glistening⁹ razor wire all along the tops of the U.S.-Mexico border wall that separates his small border town from its sister in Mexico.

GARINO: Razor wire, concertina wire is not what you want to see on a fence with two countries that have been friends and traded forever.

MARIZCO: President Donald Trump ordered the military to the border to shore up Customs and Border Protection. They're supposed to take over logistical and support jobs to free up Border Patrol agents and inspectors¹⁰ at the ports. But Garino worries that this razor wire and military buildup could chill relations with neighboring Mexican shoppers.

GARINO: You know, 65 percent to 70 percent of our sales tax comes from people that cross to Nogales, Ariz., to shop.

LARRY DEWEY: Good afternoon, and welcome. I'm Colonel Larry Dewey, commander of the 16th Military Police Brigade out of Fort Bragg, N.C.

MARIZCO: Dewey and his counterparts in CBP explained that the main reason for the buildup was a caravan of mostly Central American migrants making their way up to the border from Mexico. The troops are not allowed to have any direct contact with the migrants. That's CBP's job.

DEWEY: Our mission is not to stop the caravan of migrants, rather we are here to support CBP personnel, so they can continue to serve, you know, law enforcement capacity and encourage and enable the lawful¹¹ and peaceful immigration.

MARIZCO: The caravaning¹² migrants reportedly intend to seek asylum in the U.S. through further west, at Tijuana. Still, CBP has brought in pallets of children's cereal, animal crackers¹³, baby wipes and diapers to prepare for them should they come to Nogales. But officials like Petra Horne, acting¹⁴ director of CBP's Tucson field office, still worry the migrants will overwhelm border agents.

PETRA HORNE: Our goal is, if individuals are wanting to seek asylum, they need to do so in an orderly fashion.

MARIZCO: Of the several hundred migrants on a caravan that arrived peacefully last spring, 93 percent passed an initial credible¹⁵ fear interview with CBP and were allowed into the U.S. Horne worries the sheer number of migrants moving north means this time may be different.

HORNE: Well, I can tell you that in Nogales, where we sit today, this past week, we have had multiple groups trying to run through our vehicular lanes, so it is already happening.

MARIZCO: Standing¹⁶ on a street corner in downtown Nogales, Vicente Valdez was talking about the military buildup with a friend. He is a U.S. citizen who was born in Mexico.

VICENTE VALDEZ: (Speaking Spanish).

MARIZCO: "The U.S. has the right to secure its border," he says.

VALDEZ: (Speaking Spanish).

MARIZCO: "But it's turning that into a nervous psychosis," he says. The first of the migrants have already arrived in the border city of Tijuana, where they will be told to wait in line at the port of entry to ask CBP officers for asylum. For NPR News, I'm Michel Marizco in Nogales, Ariz.

1 caravan   

n.大蓬车；活动房屋

参考例句：

• The community adviser gave us a caravan to live in.社区顾问给了我们一间活动住房栖身。
• Geoff connected the caravan to the car.杰弗把旅行用的住屋拖车挂在汽车上。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

4 trickling   

n.油画底色含油太多而成泡沫状突起v.滴( trickle的现在分词 )；淌；使)慢慢走；缓慢移动

参考例句：

• Tears were trickling down her cheeks. 眼泪顺着她的面颊流了下来。
• The engine was trickling oil. 发动机在滴油。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

6 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

7 aesthetically   

adv.美地，艺术地

参考例句：

• Segmental construction contributes toward aesthetically pleasing structures in many different sites. 对于许多不同的现场条件，分段施工都能提供美观，颇有魄力的桥型结构。
• All isolation techniques may be aesthetically unacceptable or even dirty. 所有的隔离方法都有可能在美观方面使人难以接受，或甚至是肮脏的。

8 erecting   

v.使直立，竖起( erect的现在分词 )；建立

参考例句：

• Nations can restrict their foreign trade by erecting barriers to exports as well as imports. 象设置进口壁垒那样，各国可以通过设置出口壁垒来限制对外贸易。 来自辞典例句
• Could you tell me the specific lift-slab procedure for erecting buildings? 能否告之用升板法安装楼房的具体程序？ 来自互联网

9 glistening   

adj.闪耀的，反光的v.湿物闪耀，闪亮( glisten的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼里闪着晶莹的泪花。
• Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼睛中的泪水闪着柔和的光。 来自《用法词典》

10 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 lawful   

adj.法律许可的，守法的，合法的

参考例句：

• It is not lawful to park in front of a hydrant.在消火栓前停车是不合法的。
• We don't recognised him to be the lawful heir.我们不承认他为合法继承人。

12 caravaning   

乘拖车度假（caravan的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

13 crackers   

adj.精神错乱的，癫狂的n.爆竹( cracker的名词复数 )；薄脆饼干；（认为）十分愉快的事；迷人的姑娘

参考例句：

• That noise is driving me crackers. 那噪声闹得我简直要疯了。
• We served some crackers and cheese as an appetiser. 我们上了些饼干和奶酪作为开胃品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

15 credible   

adj.可信任的，可靠的

参考例句：

• The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
• Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法？

16 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。