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Thousands of Immigrants Arrive to New York and D.C.

Two governors in the United States have transported thousands of foreigners to New York City and Washington, D.C. in recent weeks.

The travelers had been among large numbers of foreigners staying in the U.S. along its border with Mexico. All are seeking asylum¹ in the United States.

Governor Greg Abbott of Texas began his government's operation to move migrants in April. The following month, Greg Ducey, Arizona's governor, administered that state's first transport.

About 8,000 migrants have arrived in Washington and New York City since. Leaders of those cities are seeking federal assistance to deal with the series of new arrivals.

In both D.C. and New York, social service and religious groups have worked to support new arrivals. They have offered temporary shelter, medical attention and often transportation to the next stop on a migrant's travel plan.

On a recent August day, a bus carrying 41 migrants from Arizona arrived at a Christian² religious center in Washington's Capitol Hill neighborhood. Workers from SAMU First Response, an international aid agency, were there to help the newcomers.

Within minutes the migrants were inside, enjoying a hot meal and filling out arrival forms.

Texas buses arrive haphazardly⁴, said Tatiana Laborde, the aid group's managing director. It will hear from other aid groups that a bus carrying a certain number of people has left Texas. At some point 48 hours later, that bus drops off riders at Washington's Union Station.

Arizona provides detailed⁵, printed information about passengers including their nationalities and expected arrival times. The state also deploys⁶ medical workers on the transports.

"They don't want to just dump people here," Laborde said of Arizona.

Where they come from

Manuel Castro is New York City's immigration chief. He said: "Many are fleeing persecution⁷ and other very severe circumstances. They're confused. And we want to make sure that we support them as much as possible...."

Many of those who arrive in Washington do not stay long. Mayor Muriel Bowser recently made her second request to the U.S. military for National Guard support. In her request, she said most migrants stay up to three days in D.C. before moving elsewhere.

Many of the migrants come from Venezuela. In the last two months, the number of Venezuelans seeking refuge in the United States has quickly grown. In July, U.S. border forces stopped Venezuelans more than 17,000 times. That is up 34 percent from June and nearly three times as much from July 2021.

The United States does not recognize the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The lack of official recognition makes it more difficult for the country to take back asylum-seekers from the U.S. The Mexican government also refuses to accept the migrants, which leaves the U.S. few ways to handle Venezuelan migrants.

Kelin Enriquez is one of the Venezuelan migrants. She and her children first arrived in Washington and later went to a family center in New York to plan the family's next steps.

"No one leaves their land because they want to," she said. "We want to work. We want a better opportunity."

Words in This Story

haphazard³ — adj. having no plan, order, or direction

dump — v. to put (something) somewhere in a quick and careless way

persecute⁸ — v. to treat cruelly or unfairly especially because of race or religious or political beliefs

circumstance — n. a condition or fact that affects a situation

opportunity — n. n amount of time or a situation in which something can be done

1 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

2 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

3 haphazard   

adj.无计划的，随意的，杂乱无章的

参考例句：

• The town grew in a haphazard way.这城镇无计划地随意发展。
• He regrerted his haphazard remarks.他悔不该随口说出那些评论话。

4 haphazardly   

adv.偶然地，随意地，杂乱地

参考例句：

• The books were placed haphazardly on the shelf. 书籍乱七八糟地堆放在书架上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It is foolish to haphazardly adventure. 随便冒险是愚蠢的。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

6 deploys   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的第三人称单数 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• It then deploys "decoy" programs designed to attract the virus. 然后，它释放“诱饵”去吸引病毒。
• But when that doesn't work, he deploys his secret defense mechanism. 但没有效果，它要施展绝密自卫武器了。

7 persecution   

n. 迫害,烦扰

参考例句：

• He had fled from France at the time of the persecution. 他在大迫害时期逃离了法国。
• Their persecution only serves to arouse the opposition of the people. 他们的迫害只激起人民对他们的反抗。

8 persecute   

vt.迫害，虐待；纠缠，骚扰

参考例句：

• They persecute those who do not conform to their ideas.他们迫害那些不信奉他们思想的人。
• Hitler's undisguised effort to persecute the Jews met with worldwide condemnation.希特勒对犹太人的露骨迫害行为遭到世界人民的谴责。