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Dozens of people have been arrested at the border between the U.S. and Mexico after tensions¹ flared² earlier this week at the San Ysidro point of entry. This is one of the busiest border crossings in the world. It's located between southern California and Tijuana, a city in northwest Mexico and U.S. official estimate³ that about 100,000 people legally cross that border everyday.

But they temporarily closed the crossing on Sunday after hundreds of people on the Mexican side ran past police blockades and tried to get into the U.S. illegally. They're some of the members of the migrant caravan⁴ we've reported on this fall. It's?? made up of thousands of people, mostly from Central America who've been traveling through Mexico in the hopes of gaining entry to the U.S. Sunday's incident began with what was supposed to be a peaceful march to the border but a number of protestors broke off in different directions once they got close to it.

And when they were stopped, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency⁵ says some of the migrants started throwing rocks. In response, CBP said it used tear gas to disperse⁶ the protestors. A CBP officials says it doesn't look like any of the protestors made it into the U.S. illegally, though 69 people were arrested on the U.S. side of the border.

1 tensions   

（情绪上的）紧张( tension的名词复数 )； 张力； 紧张的状态； （作家或电影导演制造的）紧张气氛

参考例句：

• Social tensions were manifested in the recent political crisis. 最近的政治危机显示了社会关系的紧张。
• These disagreements are symptomatic of the tensions within the party. 出现意见分歧表明该党内部的关系紧张。

2 Flared   

adj. 端部张开的, 爆发的, 加宽的, 漏斗式的 动词flare的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The match flared and went out. 火柴闪亮了一下就熄了。
• The fire flared up when we thought it was out. 我们以为火已经熄灭，但它突然又燃烧起来。

3 estimate   

n.估计，估量；评价，看法；vt.估计，估量

参考例句：

• We estimate the cost to be five thousand dollars.我们估计费用为5000美元。
• The lowest estimate would put the worth of the jewel at ＄200.按最低的评估这块宝石也值200美元。

4 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。

5 agency   

n.经办；代理；代理处

参考例句：

• This disease is spread through the agency of insects.这种疾病是通过昆虫媒介传播的。
• He spoke in the person of Xinhua News Agency.他代表新华社讲话。

6 disperse   

vi.使分散；使消失；vt.分散；驱散

参考例句：

• The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
• The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。