Obama signs border security bill

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bill allocating¹ 600 million dollars to help enhance border security in the southwestern states bordering Mexico.
    Obama signed the bill in the Oval Office in the presence of Homeland Security（国土安全） Secretary Janet Napolitano. The bill would provide supplemental funding for enhanced border protection and law enforcement activities, hiring more people and buying more equipment.
    In a briefing afterwards, Napolitano said border security is a national security issue, and the administration is reaching out to Republicans to push forward the comprehensive immigration reform.
    She said with the supplemental（补充的,追加的） funding, authorities would be able to hire 1,000 new border patrol agents, 250 more Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, and 250 more Customs and Border Protection officers.
    The funding will also provide authorities with new communications equipment and greater use of unmanned surveillance drones. Part of the money would go to the Justice Department to help law enforcement agencies deal with drug dealers² and human traffickers.
    The bill will not add to federal deficit³ as the money will be raised from higher visa fees on foreign-based personnel companies which bring skilled workers to the United States. It is opposed by India.
    The bill was sent to Obama on Thursday after the Senate took a voice vote to pass it. The House of Representatives passed it earlier.
    U.S. media commented the measure signals a new determination to stem the flow of illegal immigrants. Illegal immigration is a hot- button topic in the United States. Since a tough immigration law of the southwestern state Arizona sparked a national debate, the federal government has been acting⁴ more swiftly in shoring up border security.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 allocating   

分配，分派( allocate的现在分词 )； 把…拨给

参考例句：

• Administrative practice generally follows the judicial model in allocating burdens of proof. 在分配举证责任方面，行政实践通常遵循司法模式。
• A cyclical multiplexing technique, allocating resources in fixed-time slices. 以固定的时间片分配资源的循环复用技术。

2 dealers   

n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者

参考例句：

• There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
• The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。

3 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

4 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。