广播电视英语短句 第 42 课：出访拉丁美洲-3

Also this week, the Obama administration named a former Justice Department official as so-called border czar. 也是在本周，奥巴马当局任命前司法部官员为所谓的边界事务总管。

Alan Bersin will supervise efforts to secure the border with Mexico and to slow illegal immigration. He also had that job under Bill Clinton. Alan Bersin 将监督保证墨西哥与美国边境的安全并减慢非法移民进程。他曾在克林顿总统任职是担任此职务。

President Obama made a campaign promise to begin efforts for immigration reform in his first year in office. 奥巴马总统竞选承诺是在就任第一年开始为移民改革努力。

He has already met with Hispanic members of Congress and promised to work with them to try to shape a plan . 他已经会见了国会的拉美裔成员并承诺与他们一同合作制定出一个方案。

A new report says Mexicans now represent one-third of all immigrants in the United States -- by far the largest nationality group. 一个新报道称，墨西哥人代表了美国移民人数的 1/3 ，是迄今为止最大的国籍团体。