一群国会民主党人周三推动立即采取行动，遏制特朗普政府大规模的移民执法行动，并让唐纳德·特朗普所说的、在某些方面“过于严厉”的移民制度“恢复理智”。特朗普此番表态是在其所在政党在中期选举中惨败之后作出的。
A group of congressional Democrats on Wednesday pushed for immediate efforts to rein in the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration enforcement operation and “bring sanity” to an immigration system that Donald Trump said, after his party’s midterm drubbing, had been “too tough” in certain aspects.
就在中期选举结束一周多之后，美国总统对移民的严厉打压引发了选民对共和党的反弹，一些现任和新当选的民主党人聚集在华盛顿美国国会大厦外，主张通过两党合作的方式进行改革——尽管他们明年将掌控参众两院。
Just over a week after the midterm elections in which the US president’s harsh crackdown on immigration fueled a voter backlash against Republicans, some sitting and newly elected Democrats gathered outside the US Capitol in Washington to advocate for a bipartisan approach to reforms – even as they gear up to take control of both legislative chambers next year.
“我对移民改革有着非常理想化的梦想和希望。但我也是一个实用主义者。只要唐纳德·特朗普还在白宫，我们在参议院又没有超级多数席位，我们就需要共和党的支持。因此任何全面的移民改革都必须是两党合作的，”得克萨斯州民主党众议员维罗尼卡·埃斯科巴说，她的选区包括美墨边境城市埃尔帕索。
“I have very aspirational dreams and hopes for immigration reform. But I am also a pragmatist. And as we have – as we continue to have – Donald Trump in the White House, and without a supermajority in the Senate, we need Republican support. So any comprehensive immigration reform must be bipartisan,” said congresswoman Veronica Escobar, a Democrat from Texas whose district includes El Paso on the US-Mexico border.
该小组的新闻发布会汇集了来自参众两院的进步派和温和派民主党人，展示了团结一致的姿态。许多与会者手举标语，上书“为长期居留移民提供合法途径”。
The group’s press conference included progressive as well as moderate Democrats from the Senate and House, in a show of unity. Many attendees held signs saying “legal pathways for long-term immigrants”.
原定出席的唯一一位共和党议员、佛罗里达州众议员玛丽亚·萨拉查尔未露面。她曾就移民问题罕见地抨击过同党总统。
The one Republican lawmaker slated to attend, congresswoman Maria Salazar of Florida, who has taken jabs at the president over immigration that are rare from his side of the aisle, did not appear.
“本届会期仍有时间达成协议，”亚利桑那州联邦参议员鲁本·加列戈说。“我们应该尝试合作，即使本届会期无法达成什么，下届会期也要为达成协议而努力。我们欠这个国家一个交代。我们也欠我们的朋友一个交代。”
“There is time still this session for a deal,” said US senator Ruben Gallego of Arizona. “We should try to work, even if we can’t get something this session, next session for a deal. We owe it to this country. We owe it to our friends.”
他补充道：“共和党一直说，只要边境安全、可靠，我们就会推行移民改革。我们现在就拥有这样的边境。我们完成了任务。现在让我们想办法妥善解决移民问题。让我们想办法让家庭团聚。”这番言论是在特朗普发动激进的大规模驱逐行动、并采取无情手段大幅减少边境非法越境之后发表的，这些行动在他于2025年1月重返白宫后立即开始。
He added: “Republicans have been saying we will have immigration reform as soon as we have a safe, secure border. We have that right now. We did the job. Now let’s figure out how to right-size our immigration issue. Let’s figure out how to keep families together.”The remarks followed Trump’s aggressive mass deportation campaign and ruthless moves that dramatically slowed crossings at the border, beginning as soon as he re-entered the White House in January 2025.
他的民主党前任乔·拜登执政期间，边境移民数量显著上升，尽管拜登有时采取严厉做法，移民议题仍成为民主党的高风险政治话题，民主党因此获得了在该问题上过于软弱的名声。
His Democratic predecessor Joe Biden saw significantly elevated levels of migration at the border, and despite his at times harsh approach, the subject of migration became a high-risk political topic for Democrats, who gained a reputation as being too soft on the issue.
自那时起，特朗普的第二个任期还出现了美国公民和移民被移民执法人员杀害、创纪录数量的人被关押在往往恶劣的拘留环境中，以及在该国内部采取高度可见、暴力的战术，导致许多选民对他的某些政策、至少是执行方式感到反感。
Since then, Trump’s second term has also seen US citizens and immigrants killed by immigration enforcement agents, record numbers of people held in often squalid detention conditions and highly visible, violent tactics in the country’s interior that led many voters to sour on some of his policies or at least how they are carried out.
这位总统在中期选举后释放的混合信号包括初步提出与民主党达成协议，帮助长期居住、守法的美国无证移民避免遭受他的打击行动。但这与他迄今的行动形成鲜明对比，且在接受电视录制采访发表上述言论后不久，他任命斯蒂芬·米勒为新任白宫幕僚长，尽管后者是特朗普最严苛、白人至上主义移民政策的设计者和策划者。
The president’s mixed messages post-midterms included a tentative offer to make a deal with Democrats to help longstanding and law-abiding undocumented immigrants in the US avoid his crackdown. But that contrasted sharply with his actions so far, and shortly after the comments were recorded for TV he named Stephen Miller as his new chief of staff despite him being the architect and orchestrator of Trump’s most draconian, white nationalist immigration policies.
特朗普还发出信号，表示如果国会通过民主党支持的立法，他打算经常动用总统否决权予以阻挠。
Trump has also signaled that he intends to use his presidential veto power often to block Democratic-supported legislation if it passes Congress.
与此同时，专家预计民主党明年将发起一连串调查和监督听证会，以求追责。
At the same time, experts expect a barrage of investigations and oversight hearings from Democrats next year in an effort to bring accountability.
但议员们周三表示，他们不想等那么久才开始改善移民制度，并强调了两项现有的两党法案，认为这可能是一个切实可行的起点。尽管在竞选期间这是一个热门话题，但周三并未详细讨论如何废除甚至大幅改革移民与海关执法局（ICE）。
But lawmakers on Wednesday said they did not want to wait that long to begin improving the immigration system, highlighting two existing bipartisan bills they believe could be a practical starting point. There was no detailed talk on Wednesday of how to abolish or even significantly reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) despite it being a hot topic during the election campaign.
周三发言的议员重点提到的第一项法案是“美国梦想与承诺法案”，该法案侧重于为童年时期被带入美国的无证移民——俗称“梦想生”——以及因原籍国发生严重动荡而获得临时保护身份得以留美的人士，提供获得绿卡的合法途径。
The first highlighted by the lawmakers who spoke on Wednesday, the American Dream and Promise Act, focuses on providing legal pathways to a green card for undocumented immigrants brought stateside as children, colloquially known as “Dreamers”, as well as people with temporary protections to remain in the US while their country of origin experiences serious turmoil.
特朗普不仅未提供此类途径，其政府还停止承认过去民主党政府授予的许多临时合法身份，并一直在驱逐或试图驱逐许多持有证件或拥有长期合法选择的人。
Not only has Trump not offered such a path, his administration stopped recognizing many temporary legal statuses awarded under past Democratic administrations and has been deporting or trying to deport many who have papers or long-term legal options.
周三，议员们将该提案推介为一个甚至在新的民主党控制的国会于明年1月宣誓就职前就能采取行动的机会，并请求特朗普协助推动其通过。
Lawmakers on Wednesday pitched the proposed legislation as an opportunity to act even before the new Democratically-controlled Congress is sworn in come January, asking for Trump’s help in getting it past the finish line.
德克萨斯州众议员西尔维娅·加西亚表示：“我们都认同移民制度已然破碎。但我们今天就可以通过‘梦想与承诺法案’着手奠定基础，等到明年我们接管国会时，再推动更多改革。”
“We all can agree that the immigration system is broken. But we can start today on a path to build a foundation with the Dream and Promise Act, and to move forward next year when we take over to make even more reforms,” said representative Sylvia Garcia of Texas.
此外，“尊严法案”是十多年来提出的唯一一项两党全面移民改革法案，拥有35名民主党和20名共和党联合提案人。它将严格的边境安全措施与对无证人士的某些保护相结合。
Separately, the Dignity Act is the only bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform bill introduced in over a decade, with 35 Democratic and 20 Republican sponsors. It couples strict border security measures with some protections for undocumented people.
萨拉查是该法案的主要发起人。但埃斯科巴作为《尊严法案》最坚定的倡导者之一及其共同起草人表示，她和同事们计划在未来几周内重塑该法案，然后在下一届立法会议上重新提出。
Salazar is the bill’s lead sponsor. But Escobar, one of the Dignity Act’s fiercest champions and its co-author, said that she and her colleagues planned to reshape it over the next few weeks before reintroducing it next legislative session.
“如果我们能在即将到来的国会通过这项法案，我们就能在2028年做得更多，扩大我们为移民、移民家庭以及我们的经济和社区所能做的事情，”她说。“我们需要让移民制度恢复理智。我们能做到。我们将做到。”与此同时，得克萨斯州边境地区的另一位民主党籍众议员亨利·奎亚尔预计将在新的一年担任众议院拨款委员会国土安全小组委员会主席——从而掌控国土安全部（DHS）的资金。
“If we can get this passed this upcoming Congress, we can do even more in 2028 to grow and expand what we can do for immigrants, immigrant families, and our economy and our communities,” she said. “We need to bring sanity back to the immigration system. We can do this. We will do this.”Meanwhile, representative Henry Cuellar, another Texas border-area Democrat, expects to chair the House appropriations homeland security subcommittee in the new year – and thus control the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) funding.
他说，他有一份护栏清单，旨在将隶属于国土安全部的移民与海关执法局（ICE）恢复到特朗普第二任期前的角色。
He said he has a list of guardrails to revert ICE, which comes under the DHS agency, to its role prior to Trump’s second term.