CNN 2010-04-24

Racial profiling or good police work, that’s the basic debate in Arizona over controversial new immigration bill, a protest caravan¹ n. 旅行队；大篷车  on the way to Phoenix² from L.A, illustrating³ how the local issue is fanning flames across the country. CNN’s Casey Wian has more.

The battle over immigration law enforcement in Arizona is now being waged on the streets of Los Angeles.

‘May the energy of your earth created without borders for all rise within us and give new life to our struggle.’

By an Illinois congressman⁴ who calls it profiling.

‘Well. Look at my face. Listen to my voice. I’d probably picked up in Arizona and questioned. Is that what we want in American?’

But Arizona sheriffs who travel to Washington D.C say it’s exactly what they need.

‘I’m telling you that most sheriffs I won’t dare to speak for, for anybody else, but most of us in law enforcement, see, welcome this legislation. ’

That legislation allows even encourages local law enforcement officers in Arizona to check the immigration status of anyone they have a reasonable suspicion is in the country illegally. It also makes lacking proper papers a state crime and allows citizens to sue state officials who don’t comply. Arizona’s State Senator Russell Pearce, a former sheriff’s deputy, sponsors the law.

‘We’re gotta take the handcuffs off of law enforcement. We’re gotta put them on the bad guy. Illegal is not a race. It’s a crime.’

Opponents say Bill No.1070 which awaits Governor Jan Brewer’s signature will lead to racial profiling of all Latinos in Arizona.

‘We are very concerned that 1070 will signify the end of the Latino community in Arizona. And I’m not kidding about this.’

But the law explicitly⁵ prohibits profiling. We read it to this protest leader in Los Angeles who was unmoved.

‘A law enforcement official or agency may not solely⁶ consider race, color or national origin in implementing⁷ the requirements in this subsection.’

‘But they may consider it. They may not solely consider it but they may consider it. It means in practice what they could do is claim that there are other factors involved.’

‘This law, not only is vague enough to create rogue⁸ police officers, detaining people just because of the color of their skin, but it’s also directly impacting thousands and thousands of families.’

The law has clearly divided law enforcement officials and residents both in and out of Arizona. They do agree that federal courts will likely have to decide if it’s constitutional. Arizona’s governor has until midnight Friday to sign the bill, veto it or do nothing. She does nothing. The bill becomes law.
 

1 caravan   

n.大蓬车；活动房屋

参考例句：

• The community adviser gave us a caravan to live in.社区顾问给了我们一间活动住房栖身。
• Geoff connected the caravan to the car.杰弗把旅行用的住屋拖车挂在汽车上。

2 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

3 illustrating   

给…加插图( illustrate的现在分词 )； 说明； 表明； （用示例、图画等）说明

参考例句：

• He upstaged the other speakers by illustrating his talk with slides. 他演讲中配上幻灯片，比其他演讲人更吸引听众。
• Material illustrating detailed structure of graptolites has been etched from limestone by means of hydrofluoric acid. 表明笔石详细构造的物质是利用氢氟酸从石灰岩中侵蚀出来。

4 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

5 explicitly   

ad.明确地，显然地

参考例句：

• The plan does not explicitly endorse the private ownership of land. 该计划没有明确地支持土地私有制。
• SARA amended section 113 to provide explicitly for a right to contribution. 《最高基金修正与再授权法案》修正了第123条，清楚地规定了分配权。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

6 solely   

adv.仅仅，唯一地

参考例句：

• Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
• The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade.这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。

7 implementing   

v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句

8 rogue   

n.流氓；v.游手好闲

参考例句：

• The little rogue had his grandpa's glasses on.这淘气鬼带上了他祖父的眼镜。
• They defined him as a rogue.他们确定他为骗子。