2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Authorizes Fence for US-Mexico Border
时间：2019-02-06 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（十月）
By Paula Wolfson
White House
04 October 2006
U.S. President George Bush has signed legislation that provides roughly $1.2 billion for fencing and other enhanced security measures along the border with Mexico.
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George Bush speaks in Scottsdale, Arizona where he signed Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, Oct. 4, 2006
Illegal immigration is a highly emotional issue in Arizona. And so it came as no surprise the president signed the legislation there, surrounded by local officials.
"The bill I sign helps address one of the central issues facing all states, but particularly the state of Arizona, and that is illegal immigration," Mr. Bush said. "I understand full well that illegal immigration puts pressure on the public schools and hospitals. It strains state and local budgets. In some communities, it increases crime."
The White House had hoped for a wide-raging immigration reform bill. Instead, the U.S. Congress approved money to erect 2 fencing in some of the most porous 3 border areas and added it to legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security.
The measure also provides more money to hire extra border agents, develop technology, and build additional detention 4 facilities for those caught entering the country illegally.
"It is what the people of this country want. They want to know that we are modernizing 5 the border so we can secure the border," the president added.
But even as he signed the measure into law, the president made clear he wants Congress to revisit the matter. He said the nation needs comprehensive immigration reform legislation that includes a temporary-guest worker program.
"The funds that Congress has appropriated are critical for our efforts to secure this border and enforce our laws," he said. "Yet we must also recognize that enforcement alone is not going to work."
But there are deep divides in Congress on just how to handle the immigration issue. Many members of the president's own party in the House of Representatives oppose a guest-worker program. In the Senate, there is more support for comprehensive reform. But in recent debate, Democrat 7 Ted 6 Kennedy said Republican lawmakers do not have the will to take on anti-immigrant forces.
"The fence bill is a clear indication of the abdication 8 of the Congress of the United States to deal responsibly with the whole challenge of immigration," said Mr. Kennedy.
Senator Kennedy said pushing money for the fence is only a campaign ploy 9 and not a real solution to the problem.
- More commonly, funding controls are imposed in the annual appropriations process. 更普遍的作法是，拨款控制被规定在年度拨款手续中。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
- Should the president veto the appropriations bill, it goes back to Congress. 假如总统否决了这项拨款提案，就把它退还给国会。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
- She held her head erect and her back straight.她昂着头，把背挺得笔直。
- Soldiers are trained to stand erect.士兵们训练站得笔直。
- He added sand to the soil to make it more porous.他往土里掺沙子以提高渗水性能。
- The shell has to be slightly porous to enable oxygen to pass in.外壳不得不有些细小的孔以便能使氧气通过。
- 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。
- Modernizing a business to increase its profitability and competitiveness is a complicated affair. 使企业现代化，从而达到增加利润，增强竞争力的目的，是一件复杂的事情。
- The young engineer had a large share in modernizing the factory. 这位年轻工程师在工厂现代化的过程中尽了很大的“力”。
- The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
- She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
- The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
- About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
- The officers took over and forced his abdication in 1947.1947年军官们接管了政权并迫使他退了位。
- Abdication is precluded by the lack of a possible successor.因为没有可能的继承人，让位无法实现。