2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Aide Urges Latinos to Seek Compromise on I

By Mike O'Sullivan
Los Angeles
12 July 2006

White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove says President Bush is seeking fair and comprehensive immigration reform, and Tuesday, the White House official reached out to a major Latino organization that is meeting in Los Angeles. The presidential advisor¹ urged Hispanics to work with the president on a bipartisan compromise to the divisive issue.

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There are 11 to 12 million people living illegally in the United States, and most of them are Latino. So immigration-reform tops the agenda of the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic civil rights and advocacy group that is holding its annual meeting in Los Angeles.
 
 
Karl Rove 
  
Karl Rove, a key advisor to the president, assured his listeners that Mr. Bush shares their desire for comprehensive reform of a broken immigration system.

Congress is divided over how to fix it. A bill passed by the House of Representatives stresses border security, and would treat those in the country illegally as felons². A senate bill encompasses³ security concerns, but would also create a guest worker program and allow many illegal immigrants to work toward citizenship⁴. Neither bill will became law until the two houses of congress compromise and send a final bill to the president for signing.

Rove says part of the problem stems from a distorted view of Hispanics as outsiders, like the distorted views of the 19th century Irish, Italians, Asians, and Rove's own Norwegian family.

"Unfortunately, the debate has clouded the views of some people in America and led them to fail to understand that Hispanics and all immigrants are real Americans," said Karl Rove.

The National Council of La Raza is nonpartisan, but with its Latino activist⁵ roots, it is not the kind of group that would normally give Republican Karl Rove a warm reception. At several points, in fact, antiwar protesters heckled the White House official, and were led out of the room.

But the presidential advisor was also addressing concerns of some in his own party who say illegal immigrants should be deported⁶. Rove said the president opposes an amnesty, but believes a way should be found for those with roots in this country to stay here.

"We ought to provide a way for them to do so by paying a penalty and showing that they want to be Americans - pay a meaningful penalty for breaking the law, pay any back taxes, learn English, and work at a job," he said.

He adds that those who came illegally should go to the back of line behind others who are awaiting citizenship.
 
 
Tiffany Burns and other members of CodePink shout at Karl Rove as he addresses The National Council of La Raza 
  
That message was not entirely⁷ welcome. There were scattered⁸ boos mixed with applause as the speech ended.

Rove called for a civil, respectful debate and a bipartisan effort to find a practical solution to the immigration issue

1 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

2 felons   

n.重罪犯( felon的名词复数 )；瘭疽；甲沟炎；指头脓炎

参考例句：

• Aren't those the seats they use for transporting convicted felons? 这些坐位不是他们用来押运重犯的吗？ 来自电影对白
• House Republicans talk of making felons out of the undocumented and those who help them. 众议院共和党议员正商议对未登记的非法移民以及包庇他们的人课以重罪。 来自互联网

3 encompasses   

v.围绕( encompass的第三人称单数 )；包围；包含；包括

参考例句：

• The job encompasses a wide range of responsibilities. 这项工作涉及的职责范围很广。
• Its conservation law encompasses both its magnitude and its direction. 它的守恒定律包括大小和方向两方面。 来自辞典例句

4 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

5 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

6 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》

7 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

8 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。