美国国家公共电台 NPR Mexican Journalist Released, Awaits Asylum Appeal

 

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A Mexican journalist who had sought asylum¹ in the U.S. is now free. Immigration authorities released him last week after he and his son spent nearly eight months in detention². His discharge took his legal team by surprise, and it spared immigration officials from having to justify³ their actions. A federal judge had questioned whether they violated the reporter's First Amendment⁴ rights. Monica Ortiz Uribe reports.

MONICA ORTIZ URIBE, BYLINE⁵: At a black-tie gala in Washington, D.C., last October, The National Press Club recognized the perils⁶ confronted by the Mexican press. Mexico remains⁷ one of the deadliest countries for journalists. Fifteen have been killed since the beginning of 2017.

EMILIO GUTIERREZ SOTO: (Through interpreter) Good evening, everyone.

URIBE: Accepting an award on behalf of his fellow reporters was Emilio Gutierrez Soto, who fled from threats by the Mexican military a decade ago. In his acceptance speech, Gutierrez accused the U.S. of being hypocritical.

SOTO: (Speaking Spanish).

URIBE: "While America promotes human rights abroad, it denies them at home," he said, referring to immigrants and asylum-seekers. Nine weeks later, federal officers in El Paso handcuffed Gutierrez and his 25-year-old son during a routine immigration check-in and put them in a car headed for the border.

EDUARDO BECKETT: I think he was targeted - was targeted for being a journalist, for being Mexican, for being outspoken⁸.

URIBE: Eduardo Beckett is Gutierrez's attorney. He managed to stop the deportation⁹. Instead, Gutierrez and his son were detained. This came months after a judge rejected their asylum request, and their appeal was still in limbo¹⁰. But emails later unearthed¹¹ by his defense¹² team show immigration officers flagged Gutierrez well before that. Beckett says his name appeared on a target list typically reserved for fugitives¹³.

BECKETT: And so the question is, why? Why him? Well, he's not a fugitive¹⁴. He's not a criminal. He's not a gangster¹⁵. He's not a drug dealer¹⁶. He doesn't even have warrants.

URIBE: The National Press Club began an online petition denouncing Gutierrez's arrest. In sworn testimony¹⁷, the club's executive director, Bill McCarren, said an official with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, asked that he, quote, "tone it down" with regards to Gutierrez's case. In a statement, ICE denies ever making such a request. Again, attorney Eduardo Beckett.

BECKETT: So all these red flags could only logically conclude that they have it in for Emilio and that under the Trump¹⁸ administration they felt empowered that they can violate the law, violate the Constitution and get away with it.

URIBE: A federal judge in El Paso ordered ICE to turn over additional documents related to Gutierrez's arrest. Instead, ICE released Gutierrez the day before it was supposed to comply with the judge's order. By doing so, the agency was no longer under the obligation to release the documents. ICE has not responded to questions related to this case. Molly Molloy is an American friend of Gutierrez who compiled an archive of his work.

MOLLY MOLLOY: After he flees the government in Mexico that's persecuting¹⁹ him, he comes here and is essentially²⁰ persecuted²¹ yet again by our own government.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Yay.

(LAUGHTER)

URIBE: Friends joyfully²² embraced Gutierrez the night he was released. Before a semicircle of news cameras, Gutierrez again impugned²³ the U.S. immigration system.

SOTO: (Speaking Spanish).

URIBE: "I share in the pain of immigrants who simply arrive in this country fleeing for their lives," he said. His pursuit for asylum continues. The first hearing in Gutierrez's appeal is scheduled later this month before the same judge who rejected his plea last year. For NPR News, I'm Monica Ortiz Uribe in El Paso.

1 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

2 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

3 justify   

vt.证明…正当(或有理)，为…辩护

参考例句：

• He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。
• Can you justify your rude behavior to me?你能向我证明你的粗野行为是有道理的吗？

4 amendment   

n.改正，修正，改善，修正案

参考例句：

• The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
• The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。

5 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

6 perils   

极大危险( peril的名词复数 )； 危险的事（或环境）

参考例句：

• The commander bade his men be undaunted in the face of perils. 指挥员命令他的战士要临危不惧。
• With how many more perils and disasters would he load himself? 他还要再冒多少风险和遭受多少灾难？

7 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

8 outspoken   

adj.直言无讳的，坦率的，坦白无隐的

参考例句：

• He was outspoken in his criticism.他在批评中直言不讳。
• She is an outspoken critic of the school system in this city.她是这座城市里学校制度的坦率的批评者。

9 deportation   

n.驱逐，放逐

参考例句：

• The government issued a deportation order against the four men.政府发出了对那4名男子的驱逐令。
• Years ago convicted criminals in England could face deportation to Australia.很多年以前，英国已定罪的犯人可能被驱逐到澳大利亚。

10 limbo   

n.地狱的边缘；监狱

参考例句：

• His life seemed stuck in limbo and he could not go forward and he could not go back.他的生活好像陷入了不知所措的境地，进退两难。
• I didn't know whether my family was alive or dead.I felt as if I was in limbo.我不知道家人是生是死，感觉自己茫然无措。

11 unearthed   

出土的（考古）

参考例句：

• Many unearthed cultural relics are set forth in the exhibition hall. 展览馆里陈列着许多出土文物。
• Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。

12 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

13 fugitives   

n.亡命者，逃命者( fugitive的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Three fugitives from the prison are still at large. 三名逃犯仍然未被抓获。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Members of the provisional government were prisoners or fugitives. 临时政府的成员或被捕或逃亡。 来自演讲部分

14 fugitive   

adj.逃亡的，易逝的；n.逃犯，逃亡者

参考例句：

• The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
• The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。

15 gangster   

n.匪徒，歹徒，暴徒

参考例句：

• The gangster's friends bought off the police witness.那匪徒的朋友买通了警察方面的证人。
• He is obviously a gangster,but he pretends to be a saint.分明是强盗，却要装圣贤。

16 dealer   

n.商人，贩子

参考例句：

• The dealer spent hours bargaining for the painting.那个商人为购买那幅画花了几个小时讨价还价。
• The dealer reduced the price for cash down.这家商店对付现金的人减价优惠。

17 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

18 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

19 persecuting   

（尤指宗教或政治信仰的）迫害(~sb. for sth.)( persecute的现在分词 )； 烦扰，困扰或骚扰某人

参考例句：

• This endurance made old Earnshaw furious, when he discovered his son persecuting the poor, fatherless child, as he called him. 当老恩萧发现他的儿子这样虐待他所谓的可怜的孤儿时，这种逆来顺受使老恩萧冒火了。
• He is possessed with the idea that someone is persecuting him. 他老是觉得有人要害他。

20 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

21 persecuted   

（尤指宗教或政治信仰的）迫害(~sb. for sth.)( persecute的过去式和过去分词 )； 烦扰，困扰或骚扰某人

参考例句：

• Throughout history, people have been persecuted for their religious beliefs. 人们因宗教信仰而受迫害的情况贯穿了整个历史。
• Members of these sects are ruthlessly persecuted and suppressed. 这些教派的成员遭到了残酷的迫害和镇压。

22 joyfully   

adv. 喜悦地, 高兴地

参考例句：

• She tripped along joyfully as if treading on air. 她高兴地走着，脚底下轻飘飘的。
• During these first weeks she slaved joyfully. 在最初的几周里，她干得很高兴。

23 impugned   

v.非难，指谪( impugn的过去式和过去分词 )；对…有怀疑

参考例句：

• All I can hope is that the good name of the Bank will not be impugned in some way. 我所希望的，就是该银行的好名声不要在某些方面受到质疑。 来自辞典例句