VOA常速英语:Trump Defends Tear Gassing Migrants

Chaos this weekend after the US border agents fired tear gas to stop hundreds of migrants,among them children as they tried to cross the border from Tijuana Mexico.
这是边境守卫者向数百个移民发射催泪瓦斯后的混乱场景，移民中还包括儿童，因为他们尝试从墨西哥提华纳穿越边境线。

US officials said members of the migrant caravan thrown projectiles at border agents.
美国官员表示，移民大篷车的成员向边境守卫者投掷弹丸。

President Donald Trump who has sent thousands of troops to support border security operations also defended the use of tear gas.
唐纳德·特朗普派遣了数千名军人组成的军队去支持维护边境安全，也对催泪瓦斯的使用作为了辩解。

They had to use because they were being rushed by some very tough people and they used tear gas and here’s the bottom line.
他们不得不使用，因为他们被一些粗野的人突袭，所以他们使用催泪瓦斯，这是底线。

Nobody’s coming into our country unless they come in legally.
没有人能随便进入我们国家，除非合法。

Tijuana police have arrested dozens of migrants attempting to cross the border illegally.
提华纳警察逮捕了数十名试图非法越境的移民。

The US Customs and Border Protection said they have arrested 69 people.
美国海关和边境保护局表示，他们已经逮捕了69个人。

Erlin Juarez is among the thousands of migrants trying to escape poverty in Honduras now stranded in Tijuana.
在数千个试图摆脱洪都拉斯贫困生活、现在滞留在提华纳的移民中，Erlin Juarez也是其中之一。

We have to use force to pressure Trump into letting us in.
我们必须使用武力迫使特朗普让我们进来。

It’s a lie that they will fix the paperwork process because there are too many of us.
他们说会修复书面工作，这就是个谎言，因为我们人太多了。

Human rights groups are accusing Trump of manufacturing the migrant crisis by effectively shutting down the asylum program.
人权组织指责特朗普通过有效地关闭庇护项目，制造移民危机。

Melissa Crowe is from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Melissa Crowe来自南方贫困法律中心。

By using tear gas, the Trump administration is preventing people from even approaching the border between ports of entry,and the reason they’re doing this and the reason they’ve done it for quite a long time now is, as I said,that they are not being allowed to present and seek asylum at official ports of entry.
通过使用催泪瓦斯，特朗普政府甚至让人们不能接近港口间的边界。他们现在或者已经这么做了很久的原因是，就像我之前说的，他们不允许出现在官方入境口，也不接受寻求庇护。

On Monday, Trump again said he will close the US-Mexico border which stretches over 3,000 kilometers.
在周一，特朗普重申了他会关闭美国－墨西哥之间的边界，边界长达3000公里。

He has threatened to shut down the federal government unless Congress funds his proposed border wall.
他威胁要关闭联邦政府，除非国会资助他建设边界墙。

Patsy Widakuswara VOA news at the White House.
美国之音新闻，Patsy Widakuswara白宫报道。