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US President Barack Obama sits next to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano during the National Peace Officers Memorial Service on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 15, 2012.(Agencies) |
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About 800,000 young illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children could be spared deportation for at least two years under new rules announced on Friday by President Barack Obama that may appeal to Hispanic voters in an election year. "This is not amnesty. This is not immunity. This is not a path to citizenship. It is not a permanent fix," Obama told reporters at the White House, adding that a permanent US immigration policy solution would have to come from Congress. The move comes as Obama, a Democrat, is courting the nation's fast-growing Hispanic population while trying to win re-election on November 6 against Republican Mitt Romney, who has taken a harsh stand against illegal immigration. Most US illegal immigrants are Hispanics. Under Obama's plan, those who qualify would be allowed to live and work in the United States for two years and could be eligible for extensions, the Obama administration said. Obama has long supported measures to allow the children of illegal immigrants to study and work in the United States, but efforts to pass such measures in Congress have failed amid objections by Republicans. The president's action sidestepped Congress and laid down a challenge to Republicans, many of whom view leniency on deportations as amounting to amnesty for illegal immigrants at a time when there are an estimated 12 million such people in the United States. Republican lawmakers attacked the president's move, accusing Obama of encroaching into Congress' authority to set laws governing US citizenship. But Obama said, "This is a temporary stop-gap measure that lets us focus our resources wisely while giving a degree of relief and hope to talented, driven, patriotic young people." Many of these illegal residents have lived most of their lives in the United States, attending American elementary and secondary schools. "They are Americans in their hearts and minds; in every single way but one - on paper," Obama said. While campaigning in New Hampshire, Romney said, "The president's actions make reaching a long-term solution more difficult." There are up to 2 million illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children and who remain in the country, according to immigration group estimates. US officials said the new measures would affect roughly 800,000 people. (Read by Emily Cheng. Emily Cheng is a journalist at the China Daily Website.) (Agencies) |
美國(guó)總統(tǒng)奧巴馬上周五公布了一項(xiàng)停止遣返守法年輕非法移民的新政策，大約80萬在少年兒童時(shí)期進(jìn)入美國(guó)的守法年輕非法移民因此受益至少兩年。這項(xiàng)新政策有望在美國(guó)總統(tǒng)大選之際為奧巴馬贏得拉美裔選民的選票。 奧巴馬在白宮告訴記者：“這不是大赦，也不是豁免，更不是取得國(guó)籍的途徑。這不是長(zhǎng)期措施?！眾W巴馬補(bǔ)充說，有關(guān)美國(guó)移民政策的長(zhǎng)期解決方案應(yīng)該由國(guó)會(huì)出臺(tái)。 民主黨人奧巴馬頒布此項(xiàng)政策意在討好美國(guó)越來越多的拉美裔民眾，爭(zhēng)取在今年11月6日的美國(guó)總統(tǒng)大選中戰(zhàn)勝共和黨候選人米特-羅姆尼，成功連任。羅姆尼對(duì)非法移民的態(tài)度非常強(qiáng)硬。美國(guó)大多數(shù)非法移民都是拉美裔。 奧巴馬政府表示，按照該計(jì)劃，符合上述條件的非法移民將可以在美國(guó)生活工作和生活兩年，并有資格繼續(xù)延期。 奧巴馬一直支持允許非法移民的子女在美學(xué)習(xí)和工作的政策，但由于共和黨反對(duì)，類似決議一直沒能在國(guó)會(huì)獲得通過。 此舉繞開了國(guó)會(huì)，也使共和黨面臨挑戰(zhàn)。據(jù)估計(jì)，美國(guó)目前有1200萬非法移民，很多共和黨人認(rèn)為對(duì)遣返的寬容就等于對(duì)非法移民的大赦。 共和黨立法者批評(píng)了奧巴馬的新政，指責(zé)他逐漸滲入了國(guó)會(huì)立法管理美國(guó)國(guó)籍的權(quán)威。 但奧巴馬說：“這只是一項(xiàng)臨時(shí)的消除差距的政策，使我們能夠更明智地集中資源，同時(shí)讓有才能、充滿動(dòng)力、愛國(guó)的年輕人得到一絲安慰，也讓他們看到希望?！?/p> 這其中有很多非法居民已經(jīng)在美國(guó)生活了大半生，在美國(guó)就讀中小學(xué)。奧巴馬說：“他們的心里和思想上都是美國(guó)人，除了名義上，他們?cè)谒蟹矫娑际敲绹?guó)人。” 在新罕布什爾州進(jìn)行競(jìng)選宣傳的羅姆尼說：“總統(tǒng)的舉動(dòng)使得達(dá)成長(zhǎng)期的移民政策更困難了?！?/p> 根據(jù)移民組織的估計(jì)，有多達(dá)200萬非法移民在幼年時(shí)期就來到美國(guó)，并一直生活在這里。美國(guó)官員表示，新政策將影響到大約80萬人。 相關(guān)閱讀 蓋茨擬推出“情緒手鐲” 學(xué)生狀態(tài)一戴便知 白宮“故意”泄露國(guó)家機(jī)密 FBI介入調(diào)查 美國(guó)一小鎮(zhèn)遭污染變“毒鎮(zhèn)” 僅剩唯一住戶 （中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)英語點(diǎn)津 Julie 編輯：陳丹妮） |
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Vocabulary: amnesty: 大赦，特赦 sidestep: 躲避打擊，回避問題 leniency: 寬大，仁慈 |
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