美国国家公共电台 NPR Chicago To Sue Feds Over Funding Threats To Sanctuary Cities

 

AILSA CHANG, HOST:

Washington is pretty quiet these days with Congress out of session. The action today is in Chicago, where the city's mayor, Rahm Emanuel, has filed a lawsuit¹ against the Justice Department. DOJ recently announced they would withhold² millions of dollars in police grant money from so-called sanctuary³ cities. Here's Greta Johnson from member station WBEZ in Chicago.

GRETA JOHNSON, BYLINE⁴: Mayor Emanuel is suing because he says new rules for a federal crime-fighting grant go against the Constitution and the city's values.

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RAHM EMANUEL: Chicago will not let our police officers become political pawns⁵ in a debate.

G. JOHNSON: Last week, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said grant applicants⁶ have to share information about undocumented immigrants to federal officials if they want the funding. But Emanuel says he refuses to choose between immigrant rights and having well-funded community police.

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EMANUEL: We're going to act immediately to make sure that there's a ruling by the court, as there has been and other issues as it relates to immigration and refugee policies, where the court has basically stopped the Trump⁷ administration in its tracks.

G. JOHNSON: Chicago was expecting to get $3.2 million from the grant to help with crime fighting this year. Ed Siskel is the city's lawyer.

ED SISKEL: The Department of Justice cannot commandeer local law enforcement to carry out federal immigration law functions. We cannot be forced to violate our residents' constitutional rights.

G. JOHNSON: Chicago police Superintendent⁸ Eddie Johnson also expressed concern about the application guidelines.

EDDIE JOHNSON: Our job is to to investigate crime. Our job is not to investigate immigration status or documentation.

G. JOHNSON: Attorney General Sessions sent letters to four other cities last week, warning them they wouldn't be eligible⁹ for funding, either - Albuquerque, N.M., Baltimore, Md., and San Bernardino and Stockton in California. A spokesman for the Department of Justice declined to comment. For NPR News, I'm Greta Johnson in Chicago.

1 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

2 withhold   

v.拒绝，不给；使停止，阻挡

参考例句：

• It was unscrupulous of their lawyer to withhold evidence.他们的律师隐瞒证据是不道德的。
• I couldn't withhold giving some loose to my indignation.我忍不住要发泄一点我的愤怒。

3 sanctuary   

n.圣所，圣堂，寺庙；禁猎区，保护区

参考例句：

• There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
• Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。

4 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。

5 pawns   

n.（国际象棋中的）兵( pawn的名词复数 )；卒；被人利用的人；小卒v.典当，抵押( pawn的第三人称单数 )；以（某事物）担保

参考例句：

• The hostages are being used as political pawns. 人质正被用作政治卒子。
• The allies would fear that they were pawns in a superpower condominium. 这个联盟担心他们会成为超级大国共管的牺牲品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 applicants   

申请人，求职人( applicant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
• He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。

7 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

8 superintendent   

n.监督人，主管，总监；(英国)警务长

参考例句：

• He was soon promoted to the post of superintendent of Foreign Trade.他很快就被擢升为对外贸易总监。
• He decided to call the superintendent of the building.他决定给楼房管理员打电话。

9 eligible   

adj.有条件被选中的；(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的

参考例句：

• He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
• Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。