
IMMIGRATION IS Donald Trump’s signature issue(标志性议题)—and one that helps him win campaigns. During the 2024 presidential race he promised to carry out the largest deportation campaign in American history. It was a pledge as synonymous with his second presidential run as “build the wall” was with his first in 2016.(这一承诺与他的第二次竞选紧密相连,正如“建墙”与2016年首次竞选密不可分。) Days before voters went to the polls, throngs(人群,一大群人) at Madison Square Garden(麦迪逊广场花园,纽约著名场馆) cheered Mr Trump as he boasted that he would round up(围捕,聚集) migrants, whom he called “vicious(凶残的,恶毒的) and bloodthirsty(嗜血的,残忍好杀的) criminals”, and “kick them the hell out of our country as fast as possible”.
移民问题是唐纳德·特朗普的标志性议题,也是帮助他赢得竞选的关键之一。在2024年总统竞选期间,他承诺实施美国历史上最大规模的驱逐行动。这一承诺与他的第二次总统竞选紧密相连,正如2016年“修建隔离墙”与他的首次竞选密不可分。在选民投票前几天,麦迪逊广场花园的人群为特朗普欢呼,他夸口说要围捕移民,称他们为“凶残嗜血的罪犯”,并“尽快把他们踢出我们的国家”。
More than 18 months into his second term, Mr Trump is delivering many of the deportations he promised. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claims that some 1m people have been deported during Mr Trump’s presidency. The actual number may be much lower; the administration stopped publishing official statistics, making a clean accounting(精确的核算,清楚的账目) impossible. But even so Mr Trump is now presiding over a deportation machine that is unlike any that have come before it, even that of the reigning record-holder as deporter-in-chief, Barack Obama.(但即便如此,特朗普现在掌管的驱逐机器与以往任何一届都不同,甚至超过了现任“驱逐总司令”纪录保持者奥巴马。)
在第二任期超过18个月后,特朗普正在兑现他承诺的许多驱逐行动。国土安全部(DHS)声称,在特朗普总统任期内已有约100万人被驱逐。实际数字可能低得多;政府停止发布官方统计,使得精确核算变得不可能。但即便如此,特朗普现在掌管的驱逐机器与以往任何一届都不同,甚至超过了现任“驱逐总司令”纪录保持者巴拉克·奥巴马。
That is striking(惊人的,显著的) considering how the year started. In January, after federal agents killed two American citizens during immigration raids in Minneapolis, the administration was in retreat(处于退缩状态). Protests sprung up(突然出现,涌现) around the country. Gregory Bovino, the martial(军事的,好战的) face of the Minneapolis operation, was exiled(被流放,被放逐) to California where he retired. Kristi Noem, the DHS secretary, was sacked(被解雇,被炒鱿鱼), and DHS was shut down for 76 days amid a fight in Congress over funding for immigration enforcement.
考虑到今年的开局,这令人震惊。1月份,联邦特工在明尼阿波利斯的移民突袭中杀害了两名美国公民,此后政府处于退缩状态。全国爆发了抗议活动。明尼阿波利斯行动的军事化面孔格雷戈里·博维诺被流放到加利福尼亚,并在那里退休。国土安全部长克里斯蒂·诺姆被解职,国土安全部因国会围绕移民执法资金的争斗而关闭了76天。



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