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AS IT IS 2016-02-18 Pope Francis Attracts Crowds at US-Mexico Border 教皇弗朗西斯访问美墨边境引围观 Pope Francis is finishing a six-day trip to Mexico by saying Mass near the Mexican-United States border. The pope will say Mass in the

2065年亚裔移民或取代拉美裔成美国最大移民团体

Asian Immigrants to Overtake Hispanics 2065年亚裔移民或取代拉美裔成美国最大移民团体 Asians are likely to be the largest group of immigrants in the United States by 2065. That is what a new study by the Pew Research Center found la

VOA标准英语2010年-US on Front Lines of Demographic Trans

The U.S. population has passed the 300-million mark in the past decade, with non-white groups accounting for most of that growth. A new study of census data for 100 major metropolitan areas in the U.S. shows that many black, Asian, Hispanic, foreign-

VOA标准英语2010年-US Farmers Depend on Illegal Immigrant

US farmer-soldiers assist Afghan farmers with crops like this small purple flower, which is being raised for saffron, the valuable spice the bloom produces. While U.S. forces battle daily with Taliban insurgents and try to uproot Al Qaeda terrorists,

VOA常速英语2015--研究称芝加哥对移民的吸引力下降

Study: Immigration to Chicago Drops 研究称芝加哥对移民的吸引力下降 CHICAGO For several years, human resources director Pete Tapaskar says its been hard to fill all the open positions at his suburban Chicago-based technology company, Pr

美国国家公共电台 NPR How Did We Get To 11 Million Unauthorized Immigrants?

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: A big policy question facing the country is what to do with the 11 million immigrants who are in the United States illegally - today the story of how that population grew so large. It's a long story. It's mostly about Mexico, and

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Thriving Rural Town's Winning Formula Faces New Threats Under Trump Administration

LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Now to Garden City, Kan., which doesn't fit the stereotype of a small, Midwestern city. It is isolated and rural. But it's also economically thriving and culturally diverse. Decades ago, Garden City embraced the meatpack

美国国家公共电台 NPR Migrant Caravan Top Of Mind For Voters Thousands Of Miles Away In Tennessee

AILSA CHANG, HOST: The caravan of migrants making its way across Mexico could have political implications far from the southwest border. With the midterm election less than two weeks away, Republican candidates are joining President Trump in talking

美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-02-11

Thank you all very much for that excellent introduction, we're going to jump right in and talk about the presidential cabinet today. The advisors who run different parties of the U.S government. When the president stars a second term, that's when you

US Border Patrol Steps up Efforts to Police Mexican Border

Greg Flakus The U.S. Border Patrol is implementing a new initiative on the Mexico border with the state of Arizona called simply

VOA标准英语2010-US Immigration Reform Legislation on Hold

Immigration reform advocates march in Washington DC As the U.S. Congress moves beyond the issue of health care, some lawmakers are pushing for an overhaul of the nation's immigration system. At the heart of the debate is a proposal to give legal stat

2007年VOA标准英语-US Immigration Authorities Step up Deportations

By Steve Mort Apopka, Florida 07 August 2007 Immigration authories Authorities in the United States are stepping up efforts to return illegal immigrants to their home countries. Under a program called Operation Return to Sender, 2007 is set to be a r

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Some New Zealand MPs who returned from the Copenhagen conference are disappointed. The Green Party MP, Jeanette Fitzsimons, said the conference was a failure because there were no legal promises. The conference decided to limit temperature increases

VOA标准英语2010年-US Labor and Civil Rights Organization

Angry demonstrations over Arizona's new immigration law have been sweeping across the United States A coalition of U.S. Civil Rights and Labor organizations say they intent to boycott major events in the Southwestern state of Arizona. This developmen

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European Union ministers reached broad agreement on a common immigration and asylum policy during a meeting in France. France holds the rotating EU presidency, wants the proposal to be formally adopted in October. 欧盟各国部长在法国开会期间

新西兰英语 205 Labour Day

Today is Labour Day. Most of us celebrate the day by enjoying a holiday. However, the reason for Labour Day at first was to celebrate the eight-hour working day. The story about the eight-hour working day in New Zealand is about a carpenter called Sa

学个词Learn a Word 第976期 Massive

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