2017年翻譯資格考試catti高級(jí)口譯模擬試題（16）

　　【英譯中】

　　A proposal to change long-standing federal policy and deny citizenship to babies born to illegal immigrants on U.S. soil ran aground this month in Congress, but it is sure to resurface – kindling bitter debate even if it fails to become law.

　　At issue is “birthright citizenship” – provided for since the Constitution’s 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868. Section 1 of that amendment, drafted with freed slaves in mind, says: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.”

　　Some conservatives in Congress, as well as advocacy groups seeking to crack down on illegal immigration, say the amendment has been misapplied over the years, that it was never intended to grant citizenship automatically the babies of illegal immigrants. Thus they contend that federal legislation, rather than a difficult-to-achieve constitutional amendment, would be sufficient to end birthright citizenship.

　　“Most Americans feel it doesn’t make any sense for people to come into the country illegally, give birth and have a new U.S. citizen,” said the spokesman of the federation of American immigration reform. “But the advocates for illegal immigrants will make a fuss; they’ll claim you’re punishing the children, and I suspect the leadership doesn’t want to deal with that.”

　　【參考譯文】

　　本月，一項(xiàng)意在改變存在已久的聯(lián)邦政策、拒絕給予在美國(guó)的非法移民所生的子女公民身份的提案在國(guó)會(huì)擱了淺，但是這個(gè)提案肯定會(huì)重新出臺(tái)——即使該提案不能成為法律，也會(huì)引起激烈的爭(zhēng)論。

　　爭(zhēng)論的焦點(diǎn)是“與生俱來(lái)的公民權(quán)”——自1868年批準(zhǔn)的憲法第14條修正案以來(lái)就對(duì)這一權(quán)利作了規(guī)定。以獲得自由的奴隸為本意而起草的該修正案第一款規(guī)定：“凡在美國(guó)出生或歸化美國(guó)、且受美國(guó)管轄之人，皆為美國(guó)公民�！�

　　國(guó)會(huì)中的一些保守派以及主張對(duì)非法移民進(jìn)行嚴(yán)厲打擊的團(tuán)體聲言，多年來(lái)該修正案應(yīng)用不當(dāng)，其用意從來(lái)就不是理所當(dāng)然的要給予非法移民的子女公民權(quán)。因而，他們宣稱(chēng)通過(guò)聯(lián)邦立法，而不是一條難以達(dá)成的憲法修正案，就足以終結(jié)與生俱來(lái)的公民權(quán)。

　　“大多數(shù)美國(guó)人認(rèn)為，非法進(jìn)入美國(guó)的人在美國(guó)生兒養(yǎng)女，使新生的子女成為美國(guó)的新公民，這是沒(méi)有道理的，”美國(guó)移民改革聯(lián)合會(huì)的發(fā)言人說(shuō)�！暗�是非法移民的代言人定會(huì)小題大做;他們會(huì)說(shuō)你們是在懲罰孩子，因此我料想我們的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人不會(huì)愿意面對(duì)這件事情�！�