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46 Cards in this Set
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arriesgarse
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to risk
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asesinar
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to assassinate
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asesinato
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assassination
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asimilarse
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to assimilate
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desplazado
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displaced
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refugiado
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refugee
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ciudadano
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citizen
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ciudadanía
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citizenship
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xenofobia
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fear or dislike of people from other countries
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indocumentado
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undocumented (sin papeles)
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inmigrante
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immigrant
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extranjero
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from another country
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muro
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wall
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pandillero
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gang member
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pandilla
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gang
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reto
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challenge/threat
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emigrar
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to emigrate
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actualmente
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presently/currently
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en realidad
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actually
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extorsión
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extortion
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evitar
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to avoid
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huir
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to flee
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la deportación
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deportation
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deportar
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to deport
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la migra
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imigration police
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la travesía
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journey/crossing
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Mara Salvatrucha
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specific gang
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maltratar
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to abuse/mistreat
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repatriar
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to deport
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la pobreza
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poverty
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las patrullas fronterizas
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border patrol
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coyote
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coyote (person who helps immigrants across the border illegally for pay
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la oscuridad
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darkness
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la estadía indocumentada
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undocumented state
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al otro lado
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the other side
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arreglar los papeles
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to arrange the papers
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la frontera
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border
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El Río Bravo
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El Río Grande--river between U.S and Mexico
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ahogarse
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to drown
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los menores
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minors
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extrañar / echar de menos
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to miss
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a consecuencia de
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as a result of
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por consiguiente
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therefore/consequently
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por lo tanto
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for that reason
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provoca
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provokes
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en vista de que
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since/due to the fact that
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