美国国家公共电台 NPR Mexican Journalist Released, Awaits Asylum Appeal
时间：2018-12-18 作者：英语课 分类：2018年NPR美国国家公共电台8月
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A Mexican journalist who had sought asylum 1 in the U.S. is now free. Immigration authorities released him last week after he and his son spent nearly eight months in detention 2. His discharge took his legal team by surprise, and it spared immigration officials from having to justify 3 their actions. A federal judge had questioned whether they violated the reporter's First Amendment 4 rights. Monica Ortiz Uribe reports.
MONICA ORTIZ URIBE, BYLINE 5: At a black-tie gala in Washington, D.C., last October, The National Press Club recognized the perils 6 confronted by the Mexican press. Mexico remains 7 one of the deadliest countries for journalists. Fifteen have been killed since the beginning of 2017.
EMILIO GUTIERREZ SOTO: (Through interpreter) Good evening, everyone.
URIBE: Accepting an award on behalf of his fellow reporters was Emilio Gutierrez Soto, who fled from threats by the Mexican military a decade ago. In his acceptance speech, Gutierrez accused the U.S. of being hypocritical.
SOTO: (Speaking Spanish).
URIBE: "While America promotes human rights abroad, it denies them at home," he said, referring to immigrants and asylum-seekers. Nine weeks later, federal officers in El Paso handcuffed Gutierrez and his 25-year-old son during a routine immigration check-in and put them in a car headed for the border.
EDUARDO BECKETT: I think he was targeted - was targeted for being a journalist, for being Mexican, for being outspoken 8.
URIBE: Eduardo Beckett is Gutierrez's attorney. He managed to stop the deportation 9. Instead, Gutierrez and his son were detained. This came months after a judge rejected their asylum request, and their appeal was still in limbo 10. But emails later unearthed 11 by his defense 12 team show immigration officers flagged Gutierrez well before that. Beckett says his name appeared on a target list typically reserved for fugitives 13.
BECKETT: And so the question is, why? Why him? Well, he's not a fugitive 14. He's not a criminal. He's not a gangster 15. He's not a drug dealer 16. He doesn't even have warrants.
URIBE: The National Press Club began an online petition denouncing Gutierrez's arrest. In sworn testimony 17, the club's executive director, Bill McCarren, said an official with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, asked that he, quote, "tone it down" with regards to Gutierrez's case. In a statement, ICE denies ever making such a request. Again, attorney Eduardo Beckett.
BECKETT: So all these red flags could only logically conclude that they have it in for Emilio and that under the Trump 18 administration they felt empowered that they can violate the law, violate the Constitution and get away with it.
URIBE: A federal judge in El Paso ordered ICE to turn over additional documents related to Gutierrez's arrest. Instead, ICE released Gutierrez the day before it was supposed to comply with the judge's order. By doing so, the agency was no longer under the obligation to release the documents. ICE has not responded to questions related to this case. Molly Molloy is an American friend of Gutierrez who compiled an archive of his work.
MOLLY MOLLOY: After he flees the government in Mexico that's persecuting 19 him, he comes here and is essentially 20 persecuted 21 yet again by our own government.
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Yay.
(LAUGHTER)
URIBE: Friends joyfully 22 embraced Gutierrez the night he was released. Before a semicircle of news cameras, Gutierrez again impugned 23 the U.S. immigration system.
SOTO: (Speaking Spanish).
URIBE: "I share in the pain of immigrants who simply arrive in this country fleeing for their lives," he said. His pursuit for asylum continues. The first hearing in Gutierrez's appeal is scheduled later this month before the same judge who rejected his plea last year. For NPR News, I'm Monica Ortiz Uribe in El Paso.
- The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
- Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
- 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。
- He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。
- Can you justify your rude behavior to me?你能向我证明你的粗野行为是有道理的吗？
- The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
- The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。
- His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
- We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。
- The commander bade his men be undaunted in the face of perils. 指挥员命令他的战士要临危不惧。
- With how many more perils and disasters would he load himself? 他还要再冒多少风险和遭受多少灾难？
- 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。
- He was outspoken in his criticism.他在批评中直言不讳。
- She is an outspoken critic of the school system in this city.她是这座城市里学校制度的坦率的批评者。
- The government issued a deportation order against the four men.政府发出了对那4名男子的驱逐令。
- Years ago convicted criminals in England could face deportation to Australia.很多年以前，英国已定罪的犯人可能被驱逐到澳大利亚。
- His life seemed stuck in limbo and he could not go forward and he could not go back.他的生活好像陷入了不知所措的境地，进退两难。
- I didn't know whether my family was alive or dead.I felt as if I was in limbo.我不知道家人是生是死，感觉自己茫然无措。
- Many unearthed cultural relics are set forth in the exhibition hall. 展览馆里陈列着许多出土文物。
- Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- Three fugitives from the prison are still at large. 三名逃犯仍然未被抓获。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Members of the provisional government were prisoners or fugitives. 临时政府的成员或被捕或逃亡。 来自演讲部分
- The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
- The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。
- The gangster's friends bought off the police witness.那匪徒的朋友买通了警察方面的证人。
- He is obviously a gangster,but he pretends to be a saint.分明是强盗，却要装圣贤。
- The dealer spent hours bargaining for the painting.那个商人为购买那幅画花了几个小时讨价还价。
- The dealer reduced the price for cash down.这家商店对付现金的人减价优惠。
- The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
- He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。
- He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
- The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。
- This endurance made old Earnshaw furious, when he discovered his son persecuting the poor, fatherless child, as he called him. 当老恩萧发现他的儿子这样虐待他所谓的可怜的孤儿时，这种逆来顺受使老恩萧冒火了。
- He is possessed with the idea that someone is persecuting him. 他老是觉得有人要害他。
- Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
- She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。
- Throughout history, people have been persecuted for their religious beliefs. 人们因宗教信仰而受迫害的情况贯穿了整个历史。
- Members of these sects are ruthlessly persecuted and suppressed. 这些教派的成员遭到了残酷的迫害和镇压。