Translation of "지키려는" in English

‎새끼를 지키려는 어미를 ‎얕봐서는 안 되죠

Never underestimate a protective mother.

이 단속은 중앙아메리카인들로부터 멕시코를 지키려는 것이 아니라

But this crackdown was never meant to keep Central Americans out of Mexico, it was