PBS高端访谈:特朗普政府根据新政打击非法移民

 　　Attorney General Jeff Sessions today outlined the Trump¹ administration's tough approach on immigration during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona.

　　He credited President Trump with the decline in border apprehensions² and he urged federal prosecutors³ to focus on smugglers and immigrants who reenter the U.S. after deportation⁴.

　　For those that continue to seek improper⁵ and illegal entry into this country, be forewarned. This is a new era. This is the Trump era.

　　The lawlessness, the abdication⁶ of the duty to enforce our laws and the catch-and-release policies of the past are over.

　　And for more on all of this, we are joined from Tucson by Nancy Montoya. She's senior reporter on immigration and border issues for Arizona Public Media.

　　Nancy Montoya, welcome back to the program. You have been covering border issues for many years. What struck you the most about what the attorney general had to say today?

　　I think it was more what he didn't say, Judy.

　　One of the things that has been happening on a regular basis with the Trump administration is, officials come into the border,

　　they spend a couple of hours, they talk to CBP, which is Customs and Border Protection, they talk to Border Patrol, they talk to officials

　　but they never talk to community members, to some of the civil rights groups,

　　to some of the human rights groups who have really been protesting a lot of the strategies and policies of the Trump administration.

　　So, that was one of the things that really caught me off-guard, is that there was no conversation with those on the other side of the controversy⁷.

　　What are you hearing from this administration that differs from Obama administration policy?

　　I think it is the types of people who they are targeting for deportation.

　　Under the Obama administration, yes, it was true he was dubbed⁸ the deporter in chief for deporting⁹ more people than the past three administrations put together,

　　but there was also a targeted group they were deporting, Obama administration was deporting. And those were people with felonies.

　　Those were people who were involved in drug trafficking, dangerous people, people who had committed murder or assault.

　　Those were the people who were being targeted. What's different here is that you are now considered illegal if you cross the border once, and you're considered to have broken the law.

　　So, one time will get you a possible prosecution¹⁰. Two times where you're caught crossing the border illegally will get you a felony. And that's one of the biggest differences.

　　There, also, anybody who is caught up in a net in any kind of a raid are eligible¹¹ for deportation immediately.

　　And there was also — we noticed the march today seemed to be addressed to parents of children, parents who had come across the border,

　　had children born in the U.S., but the vulnerability that those parents still find themselves in.

　　Yes, that was also one of the things that struck me as difficult to hear, as someone who has lived and worked along the border for 30 years, is that,

　　in many cases, you have people have crossed the border 20, 30 years ago. They had their children here. They have grandchildren.

　　And now they, too, if they are not citizens and didn't cross into this country legally, they are subject to deportation.

　　And that has already happened, where U.S.-born children are being separated from their parents. Parents are being deported¹².

　　There is no safety net anymore. And you are — if you are here and you cross the border illegally, the Trump administration is putting you on warning that you could be next.

　　One of the things the attorney general, Nancy Montoya, referred to was the administration's plan to hire, I think he said 50 more immigration judges this year, 75 more next year.

　　How much of a difference could that make in the processing of immigration cases?

　　That's very unclear. And there's actually two things to consider here.

　　First of all, the backlog¹³ with immigration court cases is about 500,000 people, half-a-million people backlogged¹⁴ in the immigration system.

　　It's unclear whether these 25 to 50 to 75 new judges will be handling only the new cases coming in, or will they be spread out throughout the entire system? That's still unclear.

　　There is also a lot of worry that you won't get these judges up to speed.

　　I know that Attorney General Sessions said we're going to streamline¹⁵ the process, we're going to push people through, but it still takes up to a year to get a new judge in place.

　　And we still have no evidence that streamlining is going to mean faster.

　　So, in the meantime, you will be arresting more people and putting more people into the system,

　　more people into private prisons and some of the public prisons, and further overloading¹⁶ an already overwhelmed immigration court system.

　　And just in a couple seconds, the status of the border wall that we have heard so much about?

　　Border wall, no go. Mexico will not pay for it. And Congress needs to appropriate the money. So far, they don't appear to be willing to do that.

　　Well, we will certainly see about it. Nancy Montoya with Arizona Public Media, thank you.

　　Thank you, Judy. undefined

1 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。

2 apprehensions   

疑惧

参考例句：

• He stood in a mixture of desire and apprehensions. 他怀着渴望和恐惧交加的心情伫立着。
• But subsequent cases have removed many of these apprehensions. 然而，随后的案例又消除了许多类似的忧虑。

3 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

4 deportation   

n.驱逐，放逐

参考例句：

• The government issued a deportation order against the four men.政府发出了对那4名男子的驱逐令。
• Years ago convicted criminals in England could face deportation to Australia.很多年以前，英国已定罪的犯人可能被驱逐到澳大利亚。

5 improper   

adj.不适当的，不合适的，不正确的，不合礼仪的

参考例句：

• Short trousers are improper at a dance.舞会上穿短裤不成体统。
• Laughing and joking are improper at a funeral.葬礼时大笑和开玩笑是不合适的。

6 abdication   

n.辞职；退位

参考例句：

• The officers took over and forced his abdication in 1947.1947年军官们接管了政权并迫使他退了位。
• Abdication is precluded by the lack of a possible successor.因为没有可能的继承人，让位无法实现。

7 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

8 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 deporting   

v.将…驱逐出境( deport的现在分词 )；举止

参考例句：

10 prosecution   

n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营

参考例句：

• The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
• He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。

11 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。

12 deported   

v.将…驱逐出境( deport的过去式和过去分词 )；举止

参考例句：

• They stripped me of my citizenship and deported me. 他们剥夺我的公民资格，将我驱逐出境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The convicts were deported to a deserted island. 罪犯们被流放到一个荒岛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 backlog   

n.积压未办之事

参考例句：

• It will take a month to clear the backlog of work.要花一个月的时间才能清理完积压的工作。
• Investment is needed to reduce the backlog of repairs.需要投资来減轻积压的维修工作。

14 backlogged   

（使）积压( backlog的过去式和过去分词 )； 储存； （为日后装运而）登账确认（订货）

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15 streamline   

vt.使成流线型；使简化；使现代化

参考例句：

• We must streamline our methods.我们必须简化方法。
• Any liquid or gas passing it will have streamline flow.任何通过它的液体或气体将呈流线型的流动。

16 overloading   

过载，超载，过负载

参考例句：

• Enables multiple users to search the site without overloading the server. 使多个用户搜索网站，而无需超载的服务器上。
• The driver got stripped down again for overloading his trunk. 那位卡车司机因为超载又受到责备。