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The father of her three children had been picked up by immigration agents earlier in the day, part of a recent crackdown that netted 67 other migrants, many of whom were asking for handouts or washing car windows at stoplights in this city across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas.
Source: AP 38 dead in Mexico fire after guards didn’t let migrants out
I don't quite understand the description of "washing car windows at stoplights in this city" - Washing car windows in this city, OK, it is simple and everyone is too familiar with it. The problem for me is how to correctly understand "at stoplights"- what does it mean? What is stoplight here? Concerning driving, the rear light is lit when you stop your car, which is called stoplight. But it is odd to me that you wash your car at the stoplight - it sounds as if the father of the three kids waved at the passing cars and washed them when the drivers stopped their cars. I don't know whether it is the sense that the author wants to convey.
What does "washing car windows at stoplights in this city" actually mean then?
Source: AP 38 dead in Mexico fire after guards didn’t let migrants out
I don't quite understand the description of "washing car windows at stoplights in this city" - Washing car windows in this city, OK, it is simple and everyone is too familiar with it. The problem for me is how to correctly understand "at stoplights"- what does it mean? What is stoplight here? Concerning driving, the rear light is lit when you stop your car, which is called stoplight. But it is odd to me that you wash your car at the stoplight - it sounds as if the father of the three kids waved at the passing cars and washed them when the drivers stopped their cars. I don't know whether it is the sense that the author wants to convey.
What does "washing car windows at stoplights in this city" actually mean then?