If you want to see the senselessness(荒谬；无意义) of Britain’s immigration debate play out(发生；展开) in real time, look no further than(只需看看……) the crackdown(严厉打击；镇压) on care workers’ visas that came to a head this week.
如果你想实时看到英国移民辩论的荒谬之处，看看本周达到白热化的对护理人员签证的打压就知道了。
As part of its plans to force low-paid migrant workers to wait 15 years before settlement in the UK, the Home Office has been in a battle behind the scenes for the past six months to controversially include care workers in the policy.(作为迫使低薪移民工人等待15年才能在英定居的计划的一部分，内政部过去六个月一直在幕后争取将护理人员有争议地纳入该政策。) This is despite the social care system already facing critical(严重的；关键的) staff shortages and the number of British citizens and immigrants taking the jobs dwindling(逐渐减少的).
作为迫使低薪移民工人等待15年才能在英定居的计划的一部分，内政部过去六个月一直在幕后争取将护理人员有争议地纳入该政策。尽管社会护理系统已经面临严重的人员短缺，而从事这些工作的英国公民和移民数量也在减少。
After a fierce backlash from health unions and Labour cabinet members, this week the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, announced a partial U-turn: an estimated 280,000 care workers and their dependents will be exempt and allowed to apply for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) after five years.(在遭到卫生工会和工党内阁成员的强烈反对后，本周内政大臣沙巴纳·马哈茂德宣布部分逆转：估计有28万护理人员及其家属将获得豁免，允许在五年后申请无限期居留。)
在遭到卫生工会和工党内阁成员的强烈反对后，本周内政大臣沙巴纳·马哈茂德宣布部分逆转：估计有28万护理人员及其家属将获得豁免，允许在五年后申请无限期居留（ILR）。