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Well, new federal numbers released late this afternoon show detentions and arrests at America's Southern border hit an all-time high in 2021.
According to data that's out today from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, more than 1.7 million migrants were detained at the border in the 2021 fiscal year.Sixty percent of those were expelled under the public health policy known as Title 42.
About a quarter of cases were repeat crossings.Those numbers come as Human Rights Watch released internal DHS files of more than 160 reports of alleged misconduct and abuse of asylum seekers by DHS officers.These included claims of molestation and physical and verbal abuse.
For more on all of this, I'm joined by Gil Kerlikowske.He served as commissioner of us Customs and Border Protection under President Obama. And, before that, he was director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.Gil Kerlikowske, great to have you back on the "News Hour." I wonder if you could -- let's start with this Human Rights Watch report.And I should indicate this is not Human Rights Watch reporting.These are internal documents they got of complaints that were made of this awful behavior by DHS agents against them.What do you make of that?
A couple of things.One, you have to understand that it wasn't really until 2014 that Customs and Border Protection actually got their own robust internal affairs.That had been outsourced.And so you need accountability, you need investigations, and you need to be able to do discipline.And that is still an ongoing issue. But the number of complaints is certainly concerning.You have to remember, too, that Border Patrol has over 20,000 agents.They have had literally, during the time that those numbers came forward, millions of encounters with people crossing the border illegally.Some are just families.Some are willing, more than willing to surrender immediately. But there are other people that aren't quite as willing to surrender.
I hear everything that you're saying, but is -- the critics would argue that this tells us something about the culture with -- inside those agencies. What do you make of that?
So I think there's another side to the culture of that agency.And I got to see it firsthand in the summer of 2014, with 68,000 unaccompanied children being handled by the Border Patrol.I saw them bringing in T-shirts and clothing from their own kids at home.I saw them microwaving burritos, all without the support of other parts of the U.S. government. So, you know, there is certainly that.Remember, too, that the Border Patrol is one of the most the is one of the most diverse, particularly with Hispanic officers, in the country. So there is probably only about one degree of separation. So I think that these complaints are serious.They need to be investigated thoroughly and discipline, where appropriate, needs to be taken.
OK, so let's turn to this seeming record number of people coming across the border from a large range of countries. Why do you believe this is occurring?
Because the critics of the Biden administration argue that it is this administration's policies and this administration's more sort of open-ended and warm-hearted language that has invited this large number of people to come. Well, I think, as the nominee for Customs and Border Protection said at his hearing the other day, the law needs to be enforced, but it needs to be enforced humanely. And, frankly, during the last four years under the Trump administration, I think that there was not the attention being paid to enforcing the law humanely, and I think that that is beginning to change, if that's as a result of President Biden and his seemed openness to people coming into the country.But, again, the law is still the law.
重点解析
1.fiscal 财政的
They're ready to cut the federal budget deficit for the next fiscal year.
他们已准备好在下一个财政年度削减联邦预算赤字。
2.molestation 骚扰
We hope this case will lead to reforms in the way officials deal with molestation accusations.
我们希望这一案件将导致官员处理性骚扰指控的改革。
3.robust 强健的；强壮的
She was almost 90, but still very robust.
她将近90岁了，但身体仍然十分强健。
4.accountability 责任，责任心
There were furious demands for greater police accountability.
人们强烈要求加强警察的问责制。
5.unaccompanied 无人陪伴（或同行）的
An estimated 30 unaccompanied children arrive at the city's train stations every day.
据估计，每天有30名无人陪伴的儿童抵达这座城市的火车站。
参考译文
今天下午晚些时候公布的最新联邦数据显示，2021年美国南部边境的拘留和逮捕人数创下历史新高。
根据美国海关和边境保护局今天公布的数据，2021财年大约有170多万移民在边境被拘留。其中60%的人是根据公共卫生政策被驱逐的，这项政策被称为第42条。大约四分之一的案例是多次越境。这些数字公布之际，人权观察公布了国土安全部内部档案，其中有160多份报告称国土安全部官员行为不当和虐待寻求庇护者。这些指控包括性骚扰以及身体和语言虐待。
想了解更多详情，我连线吉尔·克利科夫斯克。他曾在奥巴马总统任期内担任美国海关和边境保护局局长。在此之前，他是国家毒品管制政策办公室主任。吉尔·克利科夫斯克，很高兴你再次来到《新闻一小时》。我想知道你是否可以--让我们从这份人权观察报告开始。我认为应该指出，这不是人权观察的报道。这些是他们从国土安全部特工对他们的这一可怕行为的投诉中获得的内部文件。你对此有什么看法?
有几件事。首先，必须理解，直到2014年，海关和边境保护局才真正拥有了自己稳固的内部事务。包括那些已经被外包的公司。因此，你需要问责，需要调查，必须能够遵守纪律。但这仍然是一个持续的问题。但投诉的数量肯定是令人担忧的。还必须记住，边境巡逻队有2万多名特工。在这些数据公布的这段时间里，他们遇到了数百万非法越境的人。有些只是一家人。有些人愿意，甚至更愿意立即放弃。但还有其他人不太愿意放弃。
你说的我都听到了，但评论家们会争辩说，这告诉了我们一些关于这些机构内部的文化。你对此有何感想？
所以我认为该机构的文化还有另一面。在2014年夏天，我亲眼目睹了这一幕，6.8万名无人陪伴的儿童由边境巡逻队看管。我看到他们在家里从自己的孩子那里拿来了T恤和衣服。我看到他们在用微波炉加热墨西哥卷，所有这些都不是出于美国政府其他部门的支持。所以，这肯定是有的。还要记住，边境巡逻队是美国最大的队伍之一，也是最多样化的队伍之一，尤其是这个国家有西班牙裔警官。因此，可能只有一种程度的分离。所以我认为这些抱怨并不严重。需要对他们进行彻底调查，并在适当的情况下采取纪律措施。
好的，那么让我们来看看这一看似创纪录的来自多个国家的跨境移民人数。你为什么相信会发生这种事?
因为拜登政府的批评者认为，正是本届政府的政策，以及本届政府更加开放和温暖的的语言，才邀请了这么多人前来。嗯，我认为，正如海关和边境保护局提名人在前几天的听证会上所说的那样，法律需要执行，但需要人道地执行。坦率地说，在特朗普政府领导下的过去四年里，我认为人们没有关注人道执法，我认为这种情况正在开始改变，如果这是因为拜登总统似乎对进入这个国家的人持开放态度的话。但是，再说一次，法律仍然是法律。
