Local Residents Opposed to US-Mexican Wall

 

In Big Bend , Texas , where Mexico and the United States meet , local residents are mostly opposed to building a wall to keep illegal immigrants from entering the United States . Rangers who work at the national park say that the terrain is very harsh and it is nearly impossible to build a wall in this area. On the other side, building such a wall would not only affect the environment but would also damage tourism, a major source of income for the region.

 

 

 

 

Words

  • affect = have an impact on
  • arrest = to take someone to a police station because they may have done something that is against the law
  • bank = side of a river
  • battle = fight against
  • boundary = line between two countries
  • cliff = large area of rock or mountain that is very steep and falls to a river below
  • concrete = material that is made up of cement, stones, sand and water
  • crossing = to go from one side of the river to the other
  • disappointment  = setback , failure
  • edge = border
  • either side = both sides
  • electronic surveillance = machines and other electronic objects with which you can watch and control an area
  • encounter = meet
  • environment = the world around us
  • feasible = realistic, possible
  • ferry = boat that brings people from one place to another
  • firefighter = person who helps put out fires
  • gash = cut, line
  • harsh = rough
  • incredible = unbelievable
  • landscape = countryside
  • ludicrous = silly, foolish
  • migrant = person who leaves their country to go somewhere else
  • oppose = to be against something
  • park ranger = person who oversees a national park
  • patrol = guard, watch
  • permission = to be allowed to do something
  • popular = liked by many people
  • push = method
  • ranger = someone who looks after the countryside
  • resident = a person who lives in a place
  • retired = to be out of work because you are too old
  • savage = cruel, bad, wild
  • security = safety
  • sensitive = here: easily damaged or destroyed
  • sheer = steep
  • soil = land, ground
  • source of income = place from  which people get their money
  • straddling =  to go from one place to another
  • terrain = land
  • trace = move along
  • unanimously = everyone has agreed
  • unauthorized = illegal, not allowed
  • unfold = it shows itself
  • unforgiving = here: very extreme countryside