VOA常速英语:边境移民是否母子分离：不在特朗普的考虑范围

Despite the Trump Administration’s hardline policies, migrants fleeing poverty and crime in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras continue to travel through Mexico to try to enter the United States. In February alone, some 76,000 individuals, mostly families, were apprehended on the southwest border. President Donald Trump who campaigned on bolstering border security was apparently increasingly frustrated with Homeland Security Secretary Kirsten Nielsen and fired her Sunday. Nielsen spoke briefly Monday.
I shared the president’s goal of securing the border. I will continue to support all efforts to address the humanitarian and security crisis on the border. Trump announced currently US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McCauley as the acting official to replace Nielson, and appears to be gearing up for an even more hardline stance on immigration.

On Monday, the White House did not rule out that Trump is considering reinstating a policy of separating migrant children from their families at the border. Separation of families, you know, the president has said before, he does not like that. It’s a horrible practice, but Congress has a way to fix that, so it will not be a magnet for people to come here to use children to do it. Family separation was implemented from April to June of last year, and was overturned in a court decision. It faced massive public outrage and did not reduce the number of migrants.
In fact, more individuals were coming here, so I think it’s the administration trying to find ways to deter these individuals, but the problem is deterrence doesn’t address the conditions in sending countries. For instance, it won’t address the violence and will address the poverty; it won’t address the fact that a lot of these individuals just simply see no other option.
Trump continues to blame opposition Democrats who are challenging his national emergency declaration at the border. Unfortunately, Democrats have refused to close immigration loopholes. That’s it is really what all about. Last Thursday, Trump backtracked on his threat to close a southern border, and praised Mexico for doing more to stop the flow of migrants. But by the end of the week, he was directing aides to take tougher steps to address the problem, and is reportedly considering firing more people. Patsy Widakuswara, VOA News, at the White House.虽然特朗普政府的政策强硬，但移民们为了逃离贫困和犯罪，还是选择离开危地马拉、萨尔瓦多和洪都拉斯，持续通过墨西哥试图进入美国。仅2月份，就有近7.6万名移民——大部分都是拖家带口——在西南部边境被捕。特朗普总统竞选的一个筹码就是加强边境安全，因此他对国土安全部部长柯尔斯滕·尼尔森越来越失望，终于在周日炒了她的鱿鱼。尼尔森只是在周一简短地讲了一番话。
在边境安全问题上，我与特朗普总统的目标一致。我会继续支持他的所有工作，以应对边境问题上存在的人道主义危机和安全危机。特朗普宣布，现任美国海关和边境保护局局长凯文·麦考利担任国土安全部代理部长，替换掉尼尔森，同时也似乎是在为更加强硬的移民政策做准备。
周一，美国政府没有否认特朗普正在考虑加强政策，将边境移民母子分离的可能性。母子分离，大家都知道，这是特朗普总统此前说过的，他自己也不想。国会认为，这是不得已而为之的做法，可以解决问题，这样大家不会以孩子为筹码来进入美国。拆分家庭的做法在去年4-6月期间有实行过，但在一次法院判决中被驳回。该做法引起了大规模的民愤，而且也并未减少移民的数量。
实际上，有更多的移民来到美国，所以我认为这表明特朗普政府在竭力寻找方法来阻止移民，但问题在于：阻止移民的做法不能解决移民输出国当前的问题。比如，这种做法不能解决暴力问题和贫困问题；不能解决一个事实——移民别无他法。
特朗普依然在谴责民主党反对派，因为后者挑战着他关于边境问题所做的国家紧急声明。令她不悦的是，民主党已经决绝修复移民政策方面的漏洞。这是问题的根源。上周四，特朗普改口，不再提封锁南部边境一事。同时，他还赞扬墨西哥在阻止移民流入美国方面贡献增加了。不过，本周尾声之际，他还是授意几位助手采取更加强硬的措施来解决问题。而且，据报道，他还在考虑解雇更多的公务员。感谢收听Patsy Widakuswara从美国政府官邸发回的报道。