Vocabulary and Phrases into Chinese
1. expedited removal
2. U.S. Customs and Border Protection
3. Sanctuary cities
4. Executive Order
5. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
6. Enforcement and Removal Operations
7. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
8. Deferred Action for Parental Accountability
9. Catch and Release
10. NEXUS Card
Translation
President Trump has used emergency powers during the coronavirus pandemic to implement the kind of strict enforcement regime at the U.S. southern border he has long wanted, suspending laws that protect minors and asylum seekers so that the U.S. government can immediately deport them or turn them away. Citing the threat of “mass, uncontrolled cross-border movement,” the president has shelved safeguards intended to protect trafficking victims and persecuted groups, implementing an expulsion order that sends migrants of all ages back to Mexico in an average of 96 minutes. U.S. Border Patrol agents do not perform medical checks when they encounter people crossing into the country. Homeland Security officials say the measures are necessary to protect U.S. agents, health-care workers and the general public from the coronavirus. Tightening controls at the border and preventing potentially infected populations from streaming into the United States minimizes the number of detainees in U.S. immigration jails and border holding cells.
Reading Comprehension
More than 6,000 migrants have been 3 at the US-Mexico border since new coronavirus border restrictions took effect. President Donald Trump has previously 4 closing down the US-Mexico border. Late last month, the administration 5 Centers for Disease Control and Protection authorities that allowed the US to immediately 6 migrants encountered at the border. CBP is expelling 80% of everyone encountered in less than two hours. 7 , the number of people in its custody has 8 dropped. Morgan said Thursday there are currently fewer than 100 people in custody. That's down from around 20,000 last May at the height of the southern border crisis. Migrants 9 at the border are being put through a new, 10 process -- 11 are taken, medical assessments are completed and then migrants may be returned to Mexico or their origin country. The majority of migrants encountered by the agency are single adults from Mexico and people from the Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Migrants from other countries have 12 to a "handful,", which is "very different than it was just a few short weeks ago."
