[ti:US Threatens to Remove Millions, Cuts Aid to Central America] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.04]United States President Donald Trump has threatened to remove millions of people [00:05.66]who entered the country illegally "as fast as they come in." [00:10.96]Trump wrote on Twitter that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement [00:17.08]next week will "begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens [00:24.60]who have illicitly found their way into the United States." [00:30.20]The series of comments come as Trump prepares [00:34.53]to officially start his re-election campaign Tuesday night. [00:40.44]Limiting immigration was a central issue of Trump's 2016 campaign. [00:47.92]And he is expected to use the same issue in the upcoming 2020 campaign. [00:55.84]The president also suggested that he will soon sign an agreement on migration with Guatemala. [01:03.52]The agreement would make Guatemala the country where migrants [01:09.12]fleeing El Salvador and Honduras would go to seek asylum instead of the U.S. or Mexico. [01:18.33]Trump said the Central American country would become part of efforts [01:25.32]to limit migration in the area with a tweet on Monday: [01:31.48]"...Guatemala is getting ready to sign a Safe-Third [Country] Agreement," he wrote. [01:39.24]A U.S. State Department delegation traveled to Guatemala last week [01:44.88]to seek approval for the "safe third country" policy. [01:50.64]If it is signed into law, it might be the first agreement of its kind [01:56.60]between the U.S. and a Latin American country. [02:01.60]However, Guatemala has not made a public statement [02:06.20]that it is ready to complete the deal. [02:10.08]In the same Tweet, Trump praised Mexico for its effort to deal with migration at its borders: [02:18.72]"...Mexico, using their strong immigration laws, [02:22.84]is doing a very good job of stopping people [02:26.76]long before they get to our Southern Border," he wrote. [02:31.04]Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department had announced plans [02:36.36]to freeze some aid money to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. [02:43.68]State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said aid already targeted [02:50.92]for the three so-called "Northern Triangle" countries would be provided. [02:57.88]However, she said new money would not be provided until the administration is satisfied [03:05.72]that these governments are taking clear measures to reduce migration to the U.S. border. [03:13.92]Some American lawmakers have urged that the administration not cut aid. [03:23.12]They are worried that doing so would make the migration problem worse. [03:29.96]The Northern Triangle countries face high crime rates [03:34.92]and weak economies within their borders. [03:39.52]Veronica Escobar represents the border city of El Paso, Texas, [03:45.80]in the U.S. House of Representatives. [03:49.56]She said, "Instead of working with leaders in Central America to stabilize the situation there, [03:58.24]the administration is eliminating aid [04:01.72]intended to create better conditions that would help keep families home." [04:09.44]The human rights group called The Washington Office on Latin America, [04:15.04]also disagreed with the decision to freeze some aid. [04:20.76]The group said: "Cutting all aid to Central America is not the way to build a safer, [04:28.40]more prosperous region where people aren't forced to flee." [04:34.46]In March, the Trump administration said it would cut aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. [04:44.88]It noted the president's unhappiness with the three countries' immigration policies. [04:52.36]Ortagus said that the State Department's decision came after a study of current policies. [05:00.52]She said that aid in the form of grants and contracts [05:05.96]that had been provided for earlier would continue at current levels. [05:12.32]Aid supporting justice and security issues would also continue, Ortagus said. [05:20.52]I'm Mario Ritter Jr. [05:23.04]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM