【双语新闻】Bush immigrants

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布什肯定外国移民贡献

　　2006年3月28日 星期二

　　布什肯定外国移民贡献Bush immigrants

　　美国总统布什（George W. Bush）昨日为外国移民在美国历史中的作用进行强烈辩护。他警告国会议员，不要在愈演愈烈的移民制度改革辩论中“利用人们的担忧或试图造成邻居之间的对立”。




　　President George W. Bush yesterday issued a strong defence of the role of immigrants in American history as he warned legislators not to “play on people‘s fears or try to pit neighbours against each other” in the intensifying debate about immigration reform.

　　为解决美国1200万非法移民的问题，布什已在提出客工计划（guest worker program）的同时，提议加强边境警卫。这与众议院共和党议员在一项法案中提出的更为严厉的反移民法案形成对比。美国国会本周正对该法案进行讨论。根据这项法案，非法移民将被视为重罪。

　　Mr Bush has proposed tightening border security alongside a guest worker programme to address the problem of the 12m illegal immigrants in America. This is in contrast to harsher anti-immigrant proposals in a bill driven by House Republicans and being discussed this week in Congress. One part of the legislation would make it a felony to be an undocumented immigrant.

　　出于对这项法案的担心，近50万抗议者参加了上周末在洛杉矶举行的游行示威，其中多数是西班牙语裔人士。

　　Almost 500，000 protestors， most of them Hispanic， attended a rally in Los Angeles at the weekend， spurred by concerns over the proposed legislation.