[ti:US Election Fuels Discussion of Immigration Issues] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:02.32]U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration [00:08.44]have issued more than 400 executive actions [00:13.64]that changed America's immigration system. [00:18.64]Some of those measures are being discussed [00:22.12]in the days before the U.S. presidential election. [00:27.68]There were reports that the federal government misplaced information [00:33.28]about the parents of 545 migrant children. [00:39.88]The parents were separated from their children [00:43.44]at the U.S.-Mexico border [00:46.20]under a Trump administration policy [00:49.64]of "zero tolerance" for illegal border crossers. [00:54.96]The policy was later cancelled. [00:59.24]Activists working to aid immigrants [01:02.68]said they do not know where the children are now, [01:06.52]or why the parents, returned to their countries of origin, [01:11.08]cannot be found. [01:14.36]"[The children] are no longer [01:16.52]in the Department of Homeland Security custody, [01:20.44]no longer in Health and Human Services custody, [01:24.80]no longer in the government's custody," said Lee Gelernt. [01:30.76]He is with the American Civil Liberties Union, a non-profit group. [01:37.88]"They the children were sponsored out. [01:41.24]And that could mean they are with a relative [01:44.64]who – maybe – they were lucky enough to know. [01:48.36]It could be a very distant relative they didn't know. [01:52.92]But it could also mean a stranger in a foster family [01:58.16]in the United States," Gelernt said. [02:02.92]The Department of Homeland Security said federal officials [02:07.76]have not found "a single family that wants their child [02:12.72]reunited in their country of origin." [02:17.12]Gelernt noted that, if found, [02:19.72]the parents of the children face a horrible choice [02:23.68]"of having either be separated permanently [02:27.92]or bring their child back to danger in the home countries [02:33.60]rather than bringing the parent back to the U.S." [02:38.96]Last year, a federal judge ordered the U.S. government [02:43.56]to reunite children with parents separated [02:47.52]under the 2017 program. [02:51.56]The program was part of the administration's efforts [02:55.52]to limit asylum-seeker entry into the United States [03:00.60]along the Mexican border. [03:03.96]The Supreme Court has set November 30 [03:08.00]as the day to hear arguments on the administration's push [03:12.92]to remove undocumented immigrants from the U.S. Census count. [03:18.84]Census information is used to decide [03:22.84]how many U.S. representatives each state has in Congress. [03:30.88]Looking to next year, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases [03:36.80]involving policies at the U.S.-Mexico border. [03:42.20]One is about the Trump administration's decision [03:45.84]to move federal money to pay for part of a border wall. [03:51.32]Trump promised to build such a wall in his 2016 election campaign, [03:57.76]but Congress, which controls public spending, [04:02.32]refused to give him any money. [04:05.56]The second case relates to the administration's "Remain in Mexico" program. [04:11.84]It forced asylum-seekers to await a decision [04:16.08]on their U.S. immigration court cases [04:19.80]on the Mexican side of the border. [04:23.76]Recently, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security [04:28.12]proposed a rule that blocks some groups of individuals from getting asylum. [04:35.20]The rule would bar those jailed for a crime [04:39.36]and those who have been found guilty of illegal reentry into the United States. [04:47.36]The rule would also block those who have illegally [04:51.12]sheltered undocumented immigrants, [04:54.04]used false identification or unlawfully received public financial assistance. [05:02.92]Under current immigration law, asylum-seekers who fail to ask for asylum [05:09.44]within one year of entering the United States [05:13.32]are barred from receiving asylum. [05:16.64]Those tried and sentenced for a serious crime are also barred. [05:22.76]The new rule is set go into effect in November. [05:28.88]U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, [05:33.68]said it is moving forward with a system [05:37.08]that bars some immigrants from asking a judge [05:41.04]to remain in the United States. [05:44.68]Tony Pham is the senior official acting as the director of ICE. [05:50.48]He said that the new, faster system [05:54.20]will allow "us to protect our communities" [05:57.60]and uphold "the integrity of our nation's...immigration laws." [06:04.16]I'm Susan Shand. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM