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Mexico razes¹ migrant camp that sprung up across the border from El Paso, Texas

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Mexican authorities cleared the encampment where as many as a thousand Venezuelans have lived for weeks. The migrants wanted to stay there until they could apply for asylum³ in the U.S.

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Mexican authorities have razed⁴ a migrant camp just across the border from El Paso, Texas, where as many as a thousand people from Venezuela hunkered down for the last month and a half. The makeshift settlement on the banks of the Rio Grande sprang up after the Biden administration blocked most Venezuelans from crossing the border to seek asylum. KTEP's Angela Kocherga reports.

ANGELA KOCHERGA, BYLINE⁵: City cleanup crews tore down some 300 tents where migrants had been sleeping for weeks and tossed them into a dump truck to be crushed. Migrants watched as workers raked up their shoes, baby blankets and other belongings⁶ they couldn't grab quickly enough after Mexican law enforcement authorities ordered them to leave over the weekend. Almeida Escobar (ph) stood on the muddy bank, stunned⁷.

ALMEIDA ESCOBAR: (Non-English language spoken).

KOCHERGA: She asked tearfully, why are they doing this? She said Mexican officials forced her and her 5-year-old daughter out of their tent. The head of the state of Chihuahua's population council, Enrique Valenzuela, said it's for the migrants' own good.

ENRIQUE VALENZUELA: We have been coming here for several days now, several weeks even, to let them know that this is no place for them to stay, and that they are at a higher risk of not only having health problems but security issues also.

KOCHERGA: Since the camp that migrants call Little Venezuela sprung up, temperatures have dipped below freezing. Many people have gotten sick. Authorities worried they could fall victim to crime. But migrants have resisted leaving. They say there's safety in numbers. And they want to stay right here at the border to cross the moment Title 42, the pandemic-era restriction⁸, is lifted. And they'll be allowed into the U.S. to apply for asylum. That's supposed to happen in about three weeks. So that's why many at the camp refused to board the buses Mexican authorities provided to take them to shelters in Ciudad Juarez, like friends Kevin Perez (ph) and Fabiola Teran (ph).

KEVIN PEREZ: (Non-English language spoken).

FABIOLA TERAN: (Non-English language spoken).

KOCHERGA: They said they don't trust Mexican officials and fear they'll be sent back to Venezuela. Teran held her 7-month-old son, who was wrapped in a heavy blanket to shield him from the cold wind. They said they'd look for someplace else to stay while they wait for the day next month when they hope they can cross the border.

For NPR News in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, I'm Angela Kocherga.

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1 razes   

v.彻底摧毁，将…夷为平地( raze的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

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 razed   

v.彻底摧毁，将…夷为平地( raze的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The village was razed to the ground . 这座村庄被夷为平地。
• Many villages were razed to the ground. 许多村子被夷为平地。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 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。

6 belongings   

n.私人物品，私人财物

参考例句：

• I put a few personal belongings in a bag.我把几件私人物品装进包中。
• Your personal belongings are not dutiable.个人物品不用纳税。

7 stunned   

adj. 震惊的，惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
• The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。

8 restriction   

n.限制，约束

参考例句：

• The park is open to the public without restriction.这个公园对公众开放，没有任何限制。
• The 30 mph speed restriction applies in all built-up areas.每小时限速30英里适用于所有建筑物聚集区。