究竟是什么让唐纳德·特朗普如此愤怒呢？这位总统声称自己对这位进步派的民主党女议员感到不满，理由是她“不爱国”，并且“不尊重以色列”。然而，他对这位首位进入国会的索马里裔美国人的敌意显然超出了表面原因。特朗普坚称自己是“世界上最没有种族主义倾向的人”，因此这显然与她的肤色或宗教信仰无关——这确实是个谜。
What do you think it is about Ilhan Omar, exactly, that seems to get under Donald Trumps tangerine-tinted skin? The president has claimed he has a problem with the progressive Democratic congresswoman because she is “unpatriotic” to the US and “disrespectful … to Israel”. However, the extent of his animus towards Omar, the first Somali American in Congress, suggests theres more to it. Trump has insisted he is “the least racist person there is anywhere in the world”, so Im sure it has nothing to do with the fact that shes brown and Muslim.
无论原因是什么，特朗普显然非常讨厌她。虽然特朗普有很多敌人，但像奥马尔这样多年来一直遭到他如此猛烈、持续攻击的对手却寥寥无几。他曾用“垃圾”等侮辱性语言称呼她，还毫无根据地暗示她与自己的兄弟结婚，并表示“应该把她赶出这个国家”。他的支持者们也附和着他的言论，要求将奥马尔驱逐出境。奥马尔小时候从饱受战争摧残的索马里逃来，17岁时成为了美国公民。
Truly, its a mystery. Whatever the reason, Trumps not a fan. The president has plenty of enemies, but few have been attacked as ferociously and consistently over the years as Omar. He`s called her “garbage”, among other nasty names, suggested (without evidence) that she married her brother, and said she “should be thrown the hell out of our country”. His supporters have echoed his calls to deport Omar, who fled war-torn Somalia as a child and became a naturalised US citizen at 17.
如今，特朗普对奥马尔的敌意已经达到了危险的新高度。他不再只是口头上辱骂她，他的政府似乎真的打算剥夺她的美国公民身份并将她驱逐出境。上周一，在11月中期选举（奥马尔正在争取连任）前的22天，联邦特工突击搜查了她在华盛顿特区的住所，没收了她的手机，并向她的部分亲属发出了大陪审团传票，这些行动都是针对她的移民文件进行的调查。
Now Trumps obsession with Omar has reached a dangerous new level. Trump isnt just throwing out insults any more; his administration seems intent on stripping the congresswoman of her US citizenship and deporting her. Last Monday, 22 days before the November midterms in which Omar is seeking re-election, federal agents raided her house in Washington DC. Her phone was seized and grand jury subpoenas were reportedly issued to some of her relatives as part of an investigation concerning her immigration paperwork.
顺便提一下，特朗普否认与此事有任何关联。真是奇怪的巧合——他最大的政敌之一，如今竟然被当作罪犯来对待……正如众议院民主党领袖所言，对奥马尔住所的突击搜查“引发了关于联邦政府持续腐败地将国家机器武器化、针对唐纳德·特朗普对手的严重质疑”。但这同时也引出了另一个问题：这“仅仅”是一场旨在中期选举前羞辱和恐吓奥马尔的政治表演？还是说这位女众议员真有可能被撤销归化资格并遭驱逐出境？
Trump, by the way, denied any involvement. Just a curious coincidence that one of his biggest nemeses is now being treated like a criminal. As House Democratic leaders have said, the raid on Omars house “raises serious questions about the continued corrupt weaponisation of the federal government against Donald Trumps adversaries”. But it also raises another question: is this “just” a stunt designed to embarrass and intimidate Omar before the midterms? Or is there a real possibility that the congresswoman could be denaturalised and deported?
“当然，如果证据指向那里，那种情况可能发生，”特朗普的“边境沙皇”汤姆·霍曼周末在接受福克斯新闻采访时，针对奥马尔被驱逐一事表示。“我们将让证据指引方向，但她将被要求遵守与你我相同的标准：如果她违反了法律，就必须承担责任，”霍曼补充道。
“Certainly, if the evidence points that way, that could happen,” Tom Homan, Trumps “border czar”, told Fox News over the weekend when asked about Omar being deported. “Well let the evidence lead where it leads, but shell be held to the same standard you and I are held: if she violated the law, then shell be held accountable,” Homan added.
得了吧。我知道海湖庄园那帮人爱打肉毒素，但我真不敢相信霍曼竟能一本正经地大谈问责。没多少人被判34项重罪却不用坐牢。然而，特朗普之所以身在白宫而非监狱，是因为最高法院的保守派大法官（其中多位是他提名的）裁定前总统享有某种程度的刑事起诉豁免权。
Oh, please. I know the Mar-a-Lago set are big on Botox, but I cant believe Homan was able to preach about accountability with a straight face. Not many people are convicted of 34 felonies and face no jail time. Trump, however, is in the White House rather than prison because the supreme courts conservative majority (which he helped create) found that former presidents are entitled to a degree of immunity from criminal prosecution.
美国政府有权维护其移民法律，但其态度似乎因人而异。如果 Homan 真的那么热衷于问责，我建议他看看特朗普大额捐款人埃隆·马斯克。这位科技巨头的兄弟金巴尔·马斯克曾公开开玩笑说，两兄弟曾在 1990 年代短暂以无 proper 文件在美国工作。（Elon 称这是一个“灰色地带”。）随后还有梅拉尼娅·特朗普：2016 年，美联社报道称，第一夫人在获得合法工作许可之前，在美国完成了 10 份模特工作。
The US government has every right to uphold its immigration laws, but its appetite seems to vary considerably depending on the person. If Homan really is so keen on accountability, may I suggest he take a look at the Trump megadonor Elon Musk? The tech moguls brother, Kimbal Musk, has publicly joked about the fact that the brothers briefly worked in the US without proper documentation in the 1990s. (Elon said it was a “grey area”.) And then theres Melania Trump: in 2016, the Associated Press reported the first lady was paid for 10 modelling jobs in the US before she had legal permission to work in the country. (Melania has denied ever violating the terms of her immigration status.)
（梅拉尼娅否认她曾违反移民身份的任何条款。）奥马在她还是个青少年时，父亲就填写了导致他们两人获得自然化的文件。我无法确认文件中是否有错误。但我可以告诉你，这次“调查”并非关于问责，而是一场令人恐惧的权力滥用，体现了特朗普政府正将移民系统武器化，以打压异见。我们已经看到特朗普将非公民学生活动家驱逐出境，以打击亲巴勒斯坦言论。
Omar was just a teenager when her father filled out the paperwork that led to them both being naturalised. I obviously have no idea if there were any errors in that. But I can tell you that this “investigation” is not about accountability. It is a terrifying abuse of power that reflects the way in which the Trump administration is weaponising the immigration system to stamp out dissent. We`ve already seen Trump deport noncitizen student activists to crack down on pro-Palestinian speech.
现在他将这种策略应用于一位现任国会议员奥马身上。正如巴拉克·奥巴马在周末警告的那样，“如果这成为新常态，就没有理由相信它会止步于她身上”。确实如此；特朗普才刚刚开始。阿尔瓦·马赫法维是《卫报》专栏作家。
Now hes applying that strategy to Omar, a sitting congresswoman. As Barack Obama warned at the weekend, “If this becomes the new normal, theres no reason to believe it will stop with her.”Indeed it won`t; Trump is just getting started. Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist