2006年VOA标准英语-Homeland Security Secretary Pushes Tighter Bord

By Ernest Leong
Washington, DC
30 June 2006
 
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Border security remains¹ an issue of concern for the Bush administration.  U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says the government is making much-needed progress. 

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United States Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff
  
  
Chertoff spoke² at the conservative Washington think tank, American Enterprise Institute.  He reminded the audience of the urgent need to control illegal immigration. "Illegal immigration has brought with it violence, trespassing³, disturbance⁴ to our border communities."

Chertoff said the first step to discouraging illegal immigration is to gain control of the border.  He says this will be accomplished⁵ by increasing the number of Border Patrol agents from 12,000 to 18,000.

Six thousand National Guard troops have been dispatched to assist the Border Patrol, while agents are being recruited and trained.

Chertoff said the plan for controlling the borders and stopping the flow of illegal immigrants is a multi-faceted operation. "What's the strategy for dealing⁶ with illegal immigration?  It has to be an integrated strategy.  All the pieces have to fit together."

Some of those pieces include a capture and return policy for illegal migrants, building fencing and vehicle barriers along the U.S./Mexico border, cutting-edge security technology, and more detention⁷ facilities for holding illegals (immigrant).

"The essence of deterrence⁹ here has got to be, to make the likelihood of successfully crossing the border, and getting work in this country so small, that people will basically give up doing it."

Critics of President Bush's border security policy say the American economy would suffer if illegal immigrants are removed from the work force.  But the president's supporters say the economic cost of maintaining an illegal immigrant work force outweighs¹⁰ the benefits, since illegals do not pay most taxes.

While fences and increased security may deter⁸ some illegal immigrants, Chertoff said the current justice system has loopholes, allowing certain illegals, such as Salvadorans, entry into the country.

Salvadoran immigrants
  
  
"The single population that has continued to increase, in terms of number of migrants, is El Salvadorans."

During the civil war in El Salvador in the 1980's, abuse of Salvadorans who were sent back to their country led to a legal order prohibiting the U.S. from extraditing Salvadoran immigrants.  Some illegal immigrants have claimed to be Salvadoran in order to remain in the U.S. and work.

Chertoff says the Bush administration is working on having that order lifted

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 trespassing   

[法]非法入侵

参考例句：

• He told me I was trespassing on private land. 他说我在擅闯私人土地。
• Don't come trespassing on my land again. 别再闯入我的地界了。

4 disturbance   

n.动乱，骚动；打扰，干扰；(身心)失调

参考例句：

• He is suffering an emotional disturbance.他的情绪受到了困扰。
• You can work in here without any disturbance.在这儿你可不受任何干扰地工作。

5 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

6 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

7 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

8 deter   

vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住

参考例句：

• Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
• Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。

9 deterrence   

威慑，制止； 制止物，制止因素； 挽留的事物； 核威慑

参考例句：

• An extreme school of "disarmers" pronounced stable deterrence was a dangerous deception. “裁军论者”中的极端派声称，稳定的威摄是一种危险的骗局。
• Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management. 因此逐步升级是威慑和危机处理的一个方面。

10 outweighs   

v.在重量上超过( outweigh的第三人称单数 )；在重要性或价值方面超过

参考例句：

• Her need to save money outweighs her desire to spend it on fun. 她省钱的需要比她花钱娱乐的愿望更重要。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Its clarity in algebraic and analytical operations far outweighs any drawbacks. 文化代数和解析运算中的清晰性远远胜过任何缺点。 来自辞典例句