VOA常速英语2014--奥巴马考量解决边境危机之道（在线收听）

Obama Ponders Action on Border Crisis Without Congress 奥巴马考量解决边境危机之道

WASHINGTON —

The U.S. Congress has begun a five-week recess without addressing the arrival of tens of thousands of undocumented Central American youths along America’s border with Mexico. Attention is now focused on executive actions President Barack Obama may take on his own.

The border crisis continues but lawmakers left town with no immigration legislation for a frustrated President Obama to sign.

尽管边境危机一直持续,但立法者们离开城市,失意的奥巴马总统没有签署任何移民立法。

“Without additional resources and help from Congress, we are just not going to have the resources we need to fully solve the problem. That means while they are out on vacation, I'm going to have to make some tough choices to meet the challenge-with or without Congress.”

“没有国会额外的资源和帮助,我们就不会有足够完全解决这个问题的资源。这意味着他们在度假的时候,我将不得不做出一些艰难的选择,在有或没有国会的情况下迎接挑战。”

Friday, the House of Representatives approved a bill to tighten border security and speed deportations. The bill is unacceptable to Senate Democrats and President Obama.

周五,众议院通过了一项加强边境安全与加快驱逐的法案。但参议院民主党和奥巴马总统对此不予接受。

Separately, House Republicans voted to sue the president over past executive actions. Speaker John Boehner warned Obama against further unilateral orders on immigration.

另外,众议院的共和党人投票决定因为过去的行政举措起诉总统。议长约翰·博纳警告奥巴马就移民问题上进一步的单方面举措。

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“The crisis on the border is one of the president's own making. But he still has not learned his lesson. Now he has threatened to rewrite law and take more unilateral action on immigration in the coming months. Let me be clear: such action would create an ever greater incentive for more illegal crossings and make the crisis on our border even worse.”

“边境上出现这样的危机都是总统一手造成的。但他仍然没有吸取教训。现在他已威胁要改写法律并且在未来数月就移民问题采取单边行动。让我明确一点:这样的行为将刺激更多非法过境点,使得我们的边境危机更糟。”

Obama has asked Attorney General Eric Holder and others for recommendations. Nothing has been decided yet, according to White House advisor Dan Pfeiffer.

奥巴马已寻求司法部长埃里克·霍尔德和其他人的建议。据白宫顾问丹·菲佛称目前什么都还没有决定。

“We need to address the situation on the border, and broadly, the immigration system. So he is going to do what he can, but under the confines of the law.”

“我们需要解决边境上的情况,广泛的讲是移民制度。所以他将竭尽所能,但肯定在法律范围内。”

Bold congressional action on immigration or other divisive issues is seen as unlikely when lawmakers return in September-just two months before midterm elections.

当议员们在距中期选举只有2个月时间的9月份返回时会认为国会就移民或其他具争议性的问题采取的大胆行动根本没有希望。