Thank you. Everyone please have a seat. Thank you very much. Let -- Let me thank Pastor Hybels from near my hometown in Chicago, who took time off his vacation to be here today. We are blessed to have him. 谢谢。请大家就座。非常感谢。让我——让我感谢来自我芝加哥家乡附近的海博斯牧师，他特意抽出休假时间来到这里。我们能有他真是福气。
I want to thank President Neil Kerwin and our hosts here at American University; acknowledge my outstanding Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis, and members of my administration; all the members of Congress -- Hilda deserves applause. To all the members of Congress, the elected officials, faith and law enforcement, labor, business leaders and immigration advocates who are here today -- thank you for your presence. 我要感谢尼尔· kerwin 校长以及美利坚大学的主人们；表彰我杰出的劳工部长希尔达·索利斯以及本届政府的成员；感谢所有国会议员——希尔达值得掌声。感谢在座的所有国会议员、民选官员、信仰界和执法界人士、劳工界、商界领袖以及移民倡导者——感谢你们的莅临。
I want to thank American University for welcoming me to the campus once again. Some may recall that the last time I was here I was joined by a dear friend, and a giant of American politics, Senator Edward Kennedy. Teddy's not here right now, but his legacy of civil rights and health care and worker protections is still with us. 我要感谢美利坚大学再次欢迎我来到校园。或许有人记得，上次我在这里时，与我同行的是我的挚友、美国政坛的巨人——爱德华·肯尼迪参议员。泰迪此刻不在这里，但他在民权、医疗保健和劳工保护方面的遗产仍与我们同在。
I was a candidate for President that day, and some may recall I argued that our country had reached a tipping point; that after years in which we had deferred our most pressing problems, and too often yielded to the politics of the moment, we now faced a choice: We could squarely confront our challenges with honesty and determination, or we could consign ourselves and our children to a future less prosperous and less secure. 那一天，我还是总统候选人。或许有人记得，我曾指出我们的国家已到了一个临界点；多年来我们一直推迟处理最紧迫的问题，太过频繁地屈从于一时政治的需要，我们当时面临一个抉择：我们要么以诚实和决心直面我们的挑战，要么就让我们自己和我们子孙的后代陷入一个不那么繁荣、不那么安全的未来。
I believed that then and I believe it now. And that's why, even as we've tackled the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression, even as we've wound down the war in Iraq and refocused our efforts in Afghanistan, my administration has refused to ignore some of the fundamental challenges facing this generation. 那时我相信这一点，今天我依然相信。正因如此，即便我们正在应对大萧条以来最严重的经济危机，即便我们正在结束伊拉克战争并将重心重新转向阿富汗，本届政府仍拒绝忽视这一代人面临的一些根本性挑战。
We launched the most aggressive education reforms in decades, so that our children can gain the knowledge and skills they need to compete in a 21st century global economy. 我们启动了几十年来最积极的教育改革，以便我们的孩子能够获得在21世纪全球经济中竞争所需的知识和技能。
We have finally delivered on the promise of health reform -- reform that will bring greater security to every American, and that will rein in the skyrocketing costs that threaten families, businesses and the prosperity of our nation. 我们终于兑现了医疗改革的承诺——这项改革将为每一位美国人带来更大的安全感，并将遏制威胁家庭、企业以及我国繁荣的失控成本。
We're on the verge of reforming an outdated and ineffective set of rules governing Wall Street -- to give greater power to consumers and prevent the reckless financial speculation that led to this severe recession. 我们即将完成对华尔街过时而无效的监管规则的改革——赋予消费者更大的权力，并防止导致此次严重衰退的鲁莽金融投机行为。
And we're accelerating the transition to a clean energy economy by significantly raising the fuel-efficiency standards of cars and trucks, and by doubling our use of renewable energies like wind and solar power -- steps that have the potential to create whole new industries and hundreds of thousands of new jobs in America. 我们还在加速向清洁能源经济转型，大幅提高汽车和卡车的燃油效率标准，并将风能、太阳能等可再生能源的使用量翻一番——这些举措有望在美国创造全新的产业和数十万个新就业岗位。
So, despite the forces of the status quo, despite the polarization and the frequent pettiness of our politics, we are confronting the great challenges of our times. And while this work isn't easy, and the changes we seek won't always happen overnight, what we've made clear is that this administration will not just kick the can down the road. 因此，尽管有维护现状的势力，尽管存在政治上的两极分化和经常性的狭隘纷争，我们仍在应对我们这个时代的重大挑战。虽然这项工作并不容易，我们所寻求的变革也不会在一夜之间实现，但我们已经明确表示：本届政府不会把问题踢给未来。
Immigration reform is no exception. In recent days, the issue of immigration has become once more a source of fresh contention in our country, with the passage of a controversial law in Arizona and the heated reactions we've seen across America. Some have rallied behind this new policy. Others have protested and launched boycotts of the state. And everywhere, people have expressed frustration with a system that seems fundamentally broken. 移民改革也不例外。近来，移民问题再次成为我国新的争议焦点，亚利桑那州通过了一项有争议的法律，我们在全美各地看到了激烈的反应。一些人支持这项新政策。另一些人则抗议并发起对该州的抵制行动。各地民众都对一个似乎从根本上失灵的体制表达了沮丧之情。
Of course, the tensions around immigration are not new. On the one hand, we've always defined ourselves as a nation of immigrants -- a nation that welcomes those willing to embrace America's precepts. Indeed, it is this constant flow of immigrants that helped to make America what it is. The scientific breakthroughs of Albert Einstein, the inventions of Nikola Tesla, the great ventures of Andrew Carnegie's U.S. Steel and Sergey Brin's Google, Inc. -- all this was possible because of immigrants. 当然，围绕移民问题的紧张关系并非新事。一方面，我们一直将自己定义为一个移民国家——一个欢迎那些愿意拥抱美国理念的人的国家。事实上，正是这种持续的移民潮帮助塑造了今天的美国。爱因斯坦的科学突破、特斯拉的发明、卡内基的美国钢铁公司和谢尔盖·布林的谷歌公司等伟大事业——这一切都因移民而成为可能。
And then there are the countless names and the quiet acts that never made the history books but were no less consequential in building this country -- the generations who braved hardship and great risk to reach our shores in search of a better life for themselves and their families; the millions of people, ancestors to most of us, who believed that there was a place where they could be, at long last, free to work and worship and live their lives in peace. 还有无数鲜为人知的名字和默默无闻的举动，它们从未载入史册，但在建设这个国家方面同样意义重大——一代代人冒着艰辛和巨大风险来到我们的海岸，为自己和家人寻求更好的生活；数百万人，我们大多数人的祖先，相信终于有一个地方，他们可以自由地工作、敬拜、和平地生活。
So this steady stream of hardworking and talented people has made America the engine of the global economy and a beacon of hope around the world. And it's allowed us to adapt and thrive in the face of technological and societal change. To this day, America reaps incredible economic rewards because we remain a magnet for the best and brightest from across the globe. 因此，这些勤劳而有才华的人才源源不断地涌入，使美国成为全球经济的引擎和世界希望的灯塔。它使我们能够在技术和社会变革面前适应并繁荣。时至今日，美国仍因继续吸引全球最优秀、最聪明的人才而获得惊人的经济回报。
Folks travel here in the hopes of being a part of a culture of entrepreneurship and ingenuity, and by doing so they strengthen and enrich that culture. Immigration also means we have a younger workforce -- and a faster-growing economy -- than many of our competitors. And in an increasingly interconnected world, the diversity of our country is a powerful advantage in global competition. 人们来到这里，希望能融入一个充满创业精神和智慧的文化，而这样做又强化和丰富了这种文化。移民还意味着我们的劳动力比许多竞争对手更年轻，经济增长更快。在日益紧密相连的世界中，我国的多样性是我们在全球竞争中的强大优势。
Just a few weeks ago, we had an event of small business owners at the White House. And one business owner was a woman named Prachee Devadas who came to this country, became a citizen, and opened up a successful technology services company. When she started, she had just one employee. Today, she employs more than a hundred people. 就在几周前，我们在白宫举办了一场小企业主活动。其中一位企业主是名叫普拉奇·德瓦达斯的女士，她来到这个国家，成为公民，并开办了一家成功的技术服务公司。创业之初，她只有一名员工。如今，她雇佣了一百多人。
This past April, we held a naturalization ceremony at the White House for members of our armed forces. Even though they were not yet citizens, they had enlisted. One of them was a woman named Perla Ramos -- born and raised in Mexico, came to the United States shortly after 9/11, and she eventually joined the Navy. And she said, "I take pride in our flag and the history that forged this great nation and the history we write day by day." 今年四月，我们在白宫为美军成员举行了一场入籍仪式。虽然他们尚未成为公民，但他们已经参军。其中一位是名叫佩拉·拉莫斯的女士——她出生并成长于墨西哥，9·11事件后不久来到美国，最终加入了海军。她说："我为我们的旗帜以及塑造了这个伟大国家的历史感到自豪，也为我们每天都在书写的历史感到自豪。"
These women, and men and women across this country like them, remind us that immigrants have always helped to build and defend this country -- and that being an American is not a matter of blood or birth. It's a matter of faith. It's a matter of fidelity to the shared values that we all hold so dear. That's what makes us unique. That's what makes us strong. Anybody can help us write the next great chapter in our history. 这些女性，以及全国各地像她们一样的男男女女，提醒我们：移民一直帮助建设和保卫这个国家——而作为美国人，不在于血统或出身，而在于信仰。在于对我们共同珍视的价值观的忠诚。这正是我们的独特之处，也是我们的力量所在。任何人都可以帮助我们书写历史的新篇章。
Now, we can't forget that this process of immigration and eventual inclusion has often been painful. Each new wave of immigrants has generated fear and resentments towards newcomers, particularly in times of economic upheaval. Our founding was rooted in the notion that America was unique as a place of refuge and freedom for, in Thomas Jefferson's words, "oppressed humanity." 然而，我们不能忘记，这一移民和最终融入的过程往往充满痛苦。每一波新移民都会引发对新来者的恐惧和怨恨，尤其是在经济动荡时期。我们的立国之本在于一个理念：美国是一个独特的庇护和自由之地，用托马斯·杰斐逊的话说，是"受压迫人类的避风港"。
But the ink on our Constitution was barely dry when, amidst conflict, Congress passed the Alien and Sedition Acts, which placed harsh restrictions of those suspected of having foreign allegiances. A century ago, immigrants from Ireland, Italy, Poland, other European countries were routinely subjected to rank discrimination and ugly stereotypes. Chinese immigrants were held in detention and deported from Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay. They didn't even get to come in. 但我们的宪法墨迹未干，国会就在冲突中通过了《外侨与煽动叛乱法》，对那些被怀疑效忠外国的人施加严厉限制。一个世纪前，来自爱尔兰、意大利、波兰和其他欧洲国家的移民常常遭受明目张胆的歧视和丑陋的刻板印象。华人移民被关押在旧金山湾天使岛拘留所并被遣返。他们甚至没能进入这个国家。
So the politics of who is and who is not allowed to enter this country, and on what terms, has always been contentious. And that remains true today. And it's made worse by a failure of those of us in Washington to fix a broken immigration system. 因此，关于谁被允许、以何种条件进入这个国家的政治议题，向来充满争议。今天依然如此。而我们这些华盛顿的人未能修复破损的移民体系，更使情况恶化。
To begin with, our borders have been porous for decades. Obviously, the problem is greatest along our Southern border, but it's not restricted to that part of the country. In fact, because we don't do a very good job of tracking who comes in and out of the country as visitors, large numbers avoid immigration laws simply by overstaying their visas. 首先，我们的边界几十年来一直存在漏洞。显然，问题在我们的南部边界最为严重，但并非仅限于该地区。事实上，由于我们未能很好地追踪以访客身份进出我国的人员，许多人仅仅通过逾期滞留签证就规避了移民法。
The result is an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. The overwhelming majority of these men and women are simply seeking a better life for themselves and their children. Many settle in low-wage sectors of the economy; they work hard, they save, they stay out of trouble. 其结果是，美国估计有1100万无证移民。这些男女中绝大多数只是在为自己和子女寻求更好的生活。许多人在经济的低薪行业立足；他们辛勤工作，攒钱储蓄，安分守己。
But because they live in the shadows, they're vulnerable to unscrupulous businesses who pay them less than the minimum wage or violate worker safety rules -- thereby putting companies who follow those rules, and Americans who rightly demand the minimum wage or overtime, at an unfair [dis]advantage. 但因为他们生活在阴影中，他们容易受到不良商家的剥削——这些商家支付低于最低工资的报酬或违反工人安全规定——从而使遵守规定的公司，以及理应获得最低工资或加班费的美国人处于不公平的劣势。
Crimes go unreported as victims and witnesses fear coming forward. And this makes it harder for the police to catch violent criminals and keep neighborhoods safe. And billions in tax revenue are lost each year because many undocumented workers are paid under the table. 由于受害者和证人害怕站出来，许多犯罪行为未被举报。这使警察更难抓捕暴力罪犯、维护社区安全。每年还有数十亿美元的税收流失，因为许多无证工人以现金方式获得报酬。
More fundamentally, the presence of so many illegal immigrants makes a mockery of all those who are going through the process of immigrating legally. Indeed, after years of patchwork fixes and ill-conceived revisions, the legal immigration system is as broken as the borders. Backlogs and bureaucracy means the process can take years. 更根本的是，如此多非法移民的存在，对所有正在合法移民程序中的人来说是一种嘲弄。事实上，经过多年零敲碎打的修补和考虑不周的修订，合法移民体系与边界一样已经失灵。积压和官僚主义意味着程序可能耗时数年。
While an applicant waits for approval, he or she is often forbidden from visiting the United States -- which means even husbands and wives may be forced to spend many years apart. High fees and the need for lawyers may exclude worthy applicants. 申请人在等待批准期间，往往被禁止访问美国——这意味着即使是夫妻也可能被迫分离多年。高昂的费用和聘请律师的需求可能将符合条件的申请人拒之门外。
And while we provide students from around the world visas to get engineering and computer science degrees at our top universities, our laws discourage them from using those skills to start a business or power a new industry right here in the United States. Instead of training entrepreneurs to create jobs on our shores, we train our competition. 我们为世界各地的学生提供签证，让他们在我们顶尖大学攻读工程和计算机科学学位，但我们的法律却阻碍他们利用这些技能在美国创业或推动新产业。我们不是在培养企业家在我们的海岸上创造就业，而是在培养我们的竞争对手。
In sum, the system is broken. And everybody knows it. Unfortunately, reform has been held hostage to political posturing and special-interest wrangling -- and to the pervasive sentiment in Washington that tackling such a thorny and emotional issue is inherently bad politics. 总之，这个体系已经失灵。每个人都知道这一点。不幸的是，改革一直被政治姿态和特殊利益集团的角力所挟持——也受到华盛顿普遍存在的一种情绪的阻碍，即处理这样一个棘手且情感化的问题本质上是不利政治。
Just a few years ago, when I was a senator, we forged a bipartisan coalition in favor of comprehensive reform. Under the leadership of Senator Kennedy, who had been a longtime champion of immigration reform, and Senator John McCain, we worked across the aisle to help pass a bipartisan bill through the Senate. But that effort eventually came apart. And now, under the pressures of partisanship and election-year politics, many of the 11 Republican senators who voted for reform in the past have now backed away from their previous support. 就在几年前，我还是参议员时，我们曾组建了一个支持全面改革的两党联盟。在长期倡导移民改革的肯尼迪参议员以及约翰·麦凯恩参议员的领导下，我们跨越党派分歧，帮助参议院通过了一项两党法案。但那次努力最终破裂。如今，在党派之争和选举年政治的压力下，过去曾投票支持改革的11位共和党参议员中，许多人已不再支持。
Into this breach, states like Arizona have decided to take matters into their own hands. Given the levels of frustration across the country, this is understandable. But it is also ill conceived. And it's not just that the law Arizona passed is divisive -- although it has fanned the flames of an already contentious debate. 在这种真空下，亚利桑那等州决定自行处理此事。鉴于全国各地的沮丧情绪，这是可以理解的。但这同样是欠考虑的。亚利桑那州通过的法律具有分裂性——它煽动了本已激烈的争论的火焰。
Laws like Arizona's put huge pressures on local law enforcement to enforce rules that ultimately are unenforceable. It puts pressure on already hard-strapped state and local budgets. It makes it difficult for people here illegally to report crimes -- driving a wedge between communities and law enforcement, making our streets more dangerous and the jobs of our police officers more difficult. 像亚利桑那州这样的法律，给地方执法部门施加了巨大压力，要求他们执行最终无法执行的规则。它给本已拮据的州和地方预算带来压力。它使非法居留者难以举报犯罪——在社区与执法部门之间打入楔子，使我们的街道更加危险，使警察的工作更加困难。
And you don't have to take my word for this. You can speak to the police chiefs and others from law enforcement here today who will tell you the same thing. 您不必听信我的话。您可以与今天在座的警察局长和执法部门其他人交谈，他们会告诉您同样的事情。
These laws also have the potential of violating the rights of innocent American citizens and legal residents, making them subject to possible stops or questioning because of what they look like or how they sound. And as other states and localities go their own ways, we face the prospect that different rules for immigration will apply in different parts of the country -- a patchwork of local immigration rules where we all know one clear national standard is needed. 这些法律还可能侵犯无辜美国公民和合法居民的权利，使他们因外貌或口音而可能被盘查或讯问。随着其他州和地方各行其是，我们面临一种局面：移民规则将在全国不同地区适用不一——形成一套支离破碎的地方移民规则，而我们都知道需要的是统一的国家标准。
Our task then is to make our national laws actually work -- to shape a system that reflects our values as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. And that means being honest about the problem, and getting past the false debates that divide the country rather than bring it together. 因此，我们的任务是使我们的国家法律真正发挥作用——塑造一个反映我们作为法治国家和移民国家价值观的体系。这意味着要诚实地面对问题，并超越那些分裂而非团结国家的虚假辩论。
For example, there are those in the immigrants' rights community who have argued passionately that we should simply provide those who are [here] illegally with legal status, or at least ignore the laws on the books and put an end to deportation until we have better laws. And often this argument is framed in moral terms: Why should we punish people who are just trying to earn a living? 例如，移民权利社区中有人激情地主张，我们应直接给予非法居留者合法身份，或至少无视现行法律，在更好的法律出台前停止遣返。这种论点常以道德术语表述：我们为什么要惩罚那些只是想谋生的人？
I recognize the sense of compassion that drives this argument, but I believe such an indiscriminate approach would be both unwise and unfair. It would suggest to those thinking about coming here illegally that there will be no repercussions for such a decision. And this could lead to a surge in more illegal immigration. And it would also ignore the millions of people around the world who are waiting in line to come here legally. 我理解推动这一论点的同情心，但我认为这种一刀切的做法既不明智也不公平。它会向那些考虑非法来美的人暗示，这样的决定不会有任何后果。这可能导致非法移民的激增。它也会忽视世界各地数百万正在排队合法来美的人。
Ultimately, our nation, like all nations, has the right and obligation to control its borders and set laws for residency and citizenship. And no matter how decent they are, no matter their reasons, the 11 million who broke these laws should be held accountable. 归根结底，我们的国家与所有国家一样，有权也有义务控制其边界，并制定居留和公民身份的法律。无论他们多么正派，无论出于何种原因，这1100万违法者都应承担责任。
Now, if the majority of Americans are skeptical of a blanket amnesty, they are also skeptical that it is possible to round up and deport 11 million people. They know it's not possible. Such an effort would be logistically impossible and wildly expensive. 如今，如果说大多数美国人对一律大赦持怀疑态度，他们也对能够围捕并遣返1100万人持怀疑态度。他们知道这是不可能的。这样的努力在后勤上不可能实现，而且代价极其高昂。
Moreover, it would tear at the very fabric of this nation -- because immigrants who are here illegally are now intricately woven into that fabric. Many have children who are American citizens. Some are children themselves, brought here by their parents at a very young age, growing up as American kids, only to discover their illegal status when they apply for college or a job. 此外，它还会撕裂这个国家的肌理——因为非法居留的移民已深深地织入这块肌理。许多人的子女是美国公民。有些人自己就是孩子，被父母在很小的时候带到这里，作为美国孩子长大，只有在申请大学或工作时才发现自己的非法身份。
Migrant workers -- mostly here illegally -- have been the labor force of our farmers and agricultural producers for generations. So even if it was possible, a program of mass deportations would disrupt our economy and communities in ways that most Americans would find intolerable. 移民工人——大多数为非法居留——世代以来一直是我们农民和农业生产者的劳动力。因此，即使可能，大规模遣返计划也会以大多数美国人无法容忍的方式破坏我们的经济和社区。
Now, once we get past the two poles of this debate, it becomes possible to shape a practical, common-sense approach that reflects our heritage and our values. Such an approach demands accountability from everybody -- from government, from businesses and from individuals. 那么，一旦我们超越了这场辩论的两个极端，就有可能塑造一种反映我们传统和价值观的务实、常识性的方法。这种方法要求所有人承担责任——政府、企业和个人。
Government has a threshold responsibility to secure our borders. That's why I directed my Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano -- a former border governor -- to improve our enforcement policy without having to wait for a new law. 政府有保障边界安全的根本责任。正因如此，我指示国土安全部部长珍妮特·纳波利塔诺——一位前任边境州州长——在不等待新法律的情况下改进我们的执法政策。
Today, we have more boots on the ground near the Southwest border than at any time in our history. Let me repeat that: We have more boots on the ground on the Southwest border than at any time in our history. We doubled the personnel assigned to Border Enforcement Security Task Forces. We tripled the number of intelligence analysts along the border. 如今，我们在西南边境地区部署的实地人员比历史上任何时期都多。让我重复一遍：我们在西南边境部署的实地人员比历史上任何时期都多。我们将边境执法安全特遣队的人员增加了一倍。我们将边境情报分析人员数量增加了两倍。
For the first time, we've begun screening 100 percent of southbound rail shipments. And as a result, we're seizing more illegal guns, cash and drugs than in years past. Contrary to some of the reports that you see, crime along the border is down. And statistics collected by Customs and Border Protection reflect a significant reduction in the number of people trying to cross the border illegally. 我们首次开始对百分之百的南向铁路货运进行筛查。结果是，我们查获的非法枪支、现金和毒品比往年都多。与您看到的一些报道相反，边境犯罪率正在下降。海关与边境保护局收集的统计数据反映，试图非法越境的人数显著减少。
So the bottom line is this: The southern border is more secure today than at any time in the past 20 years. That doesn't mean we don't have more work to do. We have to do that work, but it's important that we acknowledge the facts. 所以，结论是：南部边界如今比过去20年中任何时候都更安全。这不意味着我们没有更多工作要做。我们必须完成这些工作，但承认事实很重要。
Even as we are committed to doing what's necessary to secure our borders, even without passage of the new law, there are those who argue that we should not move forward with any other elements of reform until we have fully sealed our borders. But our borders are just too vast for us to be able to solve the problem only with fences and border patrols. It won't work. Our borders will not be secure as long as our limited resources are devoted to not only stopping gangs and potential terrorists, but also the hundreds of thousands who attempt to cross each year simply to find work. 即便我们致力于采取一切必要措施保障边界安全，即便没有新法律通过，仍有人主张在彻底封锁边界之前不应推进改革的任何其他内容。但我们的边界过于广阔，仅靠围栏和边境巡逻无法解决问题。这是行不通的。只要我们有限的资源既要用于阻止犯罪团伙和潜在恐怖分子，又要用于阻止每年数十万仅仅是为了找工作而试图越境的人，我们的边界就无法安全。
That's why businesses must be held accountable if they break the law by deliberately hiring and exploiting undocumented workers. We've already begun to step up enforcement against the worst workplace offenders. And we're implementing and improving a system to give employers a reliable way to verify that their employees are here legally. 正因如此，企业如果故意雇佣和剥削无证工人违法，就必须被追究责任。我们已经加大了对最恶劣工作场所违规者的执法力度。我们正在实施和完善一套系统，让雇主有可靠的方式核实其雇员是否合法在美。
But we need to do more. We cannot continue just to look the other way as a significant portion of our economy operates outside the law. It breeds abuse and bad practices. It punishes employers who act responsibly and undercuts American workers. And ultimately, if the demand for undocumented workers falls, the incentive for people to come here illegally will decline as well. 但我们需要做得更多。我们不能继续对我们经济中相当大一部分在法律之外运作视而不见。它滋生虐待和不良做法。它惩罚负责任的雇主，削弱美国工人。归根结底，如果对无证工人的需求下降，人们非法来美的动机也会随之下降。
Finally, we have to demand responsibility from people living here illegally. They must be required to admit that they broke the law. They should be required to register, pay their taxes, pay a fine, and learn English. 最后，我们必须要求非法居留者承担责任。他们必须被要求承认违法。他们应被要求登记、纳税、缴纳罚款并学习英语。
They must get right with the law before they can get in line and earn their citizenship -- not just because it is fair, not just because it will make clear to those who might wish to come to America they must do so inside the bounds of the law, but because this is how we demonstrate that being -- what being an American means. Being a citizen of this country comes not only with rights but also with certain fundamental responsibilities. We can create a pathway for legal status that is fair, reflective of our values, and works. 他们必须先依法纠正自己的身份，才能排队争取公民身份——这不仅是因为这样公平，不仅是因为这能向那些可能想来美国的人明确必须依法行事，更因为这是我们展示作为美国人意味着什么的方式。作为这个国家的公民，不仅享有权利，也承担某些基本责任。我们可以创造一条公平、体现我们价值观且切实可行的合法身份路径。
Now, stopping illegal immigration must go hand in hand with reforming our creaky system of legal immigration. We've begun to do that, by eliminating a backlog in background checks that at one point stretched back almost a year. That's just for the background check. 如今，遏制非法移民必须与改革我们陈旧的合法移民体系同步进行。我们已经开始这样做，消除了背景调查的积压——这一积压曾一度拖延近一年。这还只是背景调查。
People can now track the status of their immigration applications by email or text message. We've improved accountability and safety in the detention system. And we've stemmed the increases in naturalization fees. But here, too, we need to do more. We should make it easier for the best and the brightest to come to start businesses and develop products and create jobs. 人们现在可以通过电子邮件或短信查询其移民申请的状态。我们改进了拘留系统的问责制和安全性。我们遏制了入籍费用的上涨。但在这方面，我们也需要做得更多。我们应让最优秀、最聪明的人才更容易来此创业、开发产品、创造就业。
Our laws should respect families following the rules -- instead of splitting them apart. We need to provide farms a legal way to hire the workers they rely on, and a path for those workers to earn legal status. And we should stop punishing innocent young people for the actions of their parents by denying them the chance to stay here and earn an education and contribute their talents to build the country where they've grown up. 我们的法律应尊重遵守规则的家庭——而不是将他们拆散。我们需要为农场提供合法雇佣其所依赖工人的途径，并为这些工人提供获得合法身份的路径。我们还应停止因父母的行为而惩罚无辜的年轻人，不应剥夺他们留在这里、接受教育并贡献才华以建设他们成长于斯的国家的机会。
The DREAM Act would do this, and that's why I supported this bill as a state legislator and as a U.S. senator -- and why I continue to support it as president. 《梦想法案》将实现这一目标，正因如此，我作为州议员和联邦参议员时支持该法案——也正因如此，我作为总统继续支持它。
So these are the essential elements of comprehensive immigration reform. The question now is whether we will have the courage and the political will to pass a bill through Congress, to finally get it done. 以上就是全面移民改革的核心要素。现在的问题是，我们是否有勇气和政治意愿通过国会通过一项法案，最终完成这项工作。
Last summer, I held a meeting with leaders of both parties, including many of the Republicans who had supported reform in the past -- and some who hadn't. I was pleased to see a bipartisan framework proposed in the Senate by Senators Lindsey Graham and Chuck Schumer, with whom I met to discuss this issue. I've spoken with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to plot the way forward and meet -- and then I met with them earlier this week. 去年夏天，我与两党领导人举行了一次会议，其中包括许多过去支持改革的共和党人，以及一些过去不曾支持的人。我高兴地看到，参议员林赛·格雷厄姆和查克·舒默在参议院提出了一个两党框架，我与他们会面讨论了这一问题。我已与国会拉美裔党团沟通，规划前进方向——本周早些时候我还与他们见了面。
And I've spoken with representatives from a growing coalition of labor unions and business groups, immigrant advocates and community organizations, law enforcement, local government -- all who recognize the importance of immigration reform. And I've met with leaders from America's religious communities, like Pastor Hybels -- people of different faiths and beliefs, some liberal, some conservative, who nonetheless share a sense of urgency; who understand that fixing our broken immigration system is not only a political issue, not just an economic issue, but a moral imperative as well. 我还与日益壮大的联盟代表进行了交流，其中包括工会和商业团体、移民倡导者和社区组织、执法部门和地方政府——他们都认识到移民改革的重要性。我还与来自美国宗教界的领袖会面，如海博斯牧师——他们信仰和信念不同，有自由派，也有保守派，但都怀有紧迫感；他们都明白，修复我们破损的移民体系不仅是政治问题，不仅是经济问题，更是道德责任。
So we've made progress. I'm ready to move forward; the majority of Democrats are ready to move forward; and I believe the majority of Americans are ready to move forward. But the fact is, without bipartisan support, as we had just a few years ago, we cannot solve this problem. 因此，我们已取得进展。我已准备好向前推进；多数民主党人已准备好向前推进；我相信多数美国人已准备好向前推进。但事实是，没有两党支持——正如我们几年前曾有的那样——我们无法解决这个问题。
Reform that brings accountability to our immigration system cannot pass without Republican votes. That is the political and mathematical reality. The only way to reduce the risk that this effort will again falter because of politics is if members of both parties are willing to take responsibility for solving this problem once and for all. 为我们的移民体系带来问责的改革，没有共和党的票就无法通过。这就是政治和数学的现实。要降低这一努力因政治而再次受挫的风险，唯一的办法是两党成员都愿意承担责任，一劳永逸地解决这个问题。
And, yes, this is an emotional question, and one that lends itself to demagoguery. Time and again, this issue has been used to divide and inflame -- and to demonize people. And so the understandable, the natural impulse among those who run for office is to turn away and defer this question for another day, or another year, or another administration. 而且，是的，这是一个情感化的问题，容易被煽动家利用。一次又一次，这一问题被用来分裂、煽动——以及妖魔化他人。因此，那些竞选公职的人，可以理解的本能反应是回避，将这一问题推到另一天、另一年或另一届政府。
Despite the courageous leadership in the past shown by many Democrats and some Republicans -- including, by the way, my predecessor, President Bush -- this has been the custom. That is why a broken and dangerous system that offends our most basic American values is still in place. 尽管许多民主党人和一些共和党人——顺便说一句，包括我的前任布什总统——过去曾展现出勇敢的领导力，但这一直是惯例。这就是为什么一个违背我们最基本的美国价值观的、破损而危险的系统至今仍在运行。
But I believe we can put politics aside and finally have an immigration system that's accountable. I believe we can appeal not to people's fears but to their hopes, to their highest ideals, because that's who we are as Americans. It's been inscribed on our nation's seal since we declared our independence. "E pluribus unum." Out of many, one. 但我相信，我们能够放下政治，最终拥有一个负责任的移民体系。我相信我们可以诉诸人们的希望而非恐惧，诉诸他们的最高理想，因为这就是我们作为美国人的本色。自我们宣布独立以来，它就铭刻在我们国家的国徽上。"合众为一"。众多之中，一体。
That is what has drawn the persecuted and impoverished to our shores. That's what led the innovators and risk-takers from around the world to take a chance here in the land of opportunity. That's what has led people to endure untold hardships to reach this place called America. 这正是吸引受迫害者和贫困者来到我们海岸的原因。这正是引领世界各地的创新者和冒险家来到这片机会之地一搏的原因。正是这一点，让人们忍受难以言喻的艰辛，来到这个叫做美国的地方。
One of the largest waves of immigration in our history took place little more than a century ago. At the time, Jewish people were being driven out of Eastern Europe, often escaping to the sounds of gunfire and the light from their villages burning to the ground. The journey could take months, as families crossed rivers in the dead of night, traveled miles by foot, endured a rough and dangerous passage over the North Atlantic. Once here, many made their homes in a teeming and bustling Lower Manhattan. 我国历史上最大规模的移民潮之一发生在一个多世纪以前。当时，犹太人正被驱逐出东欧，常常在枪声和村庄被焚毁的火光中逃离。这段旅程可能长达数月，家庭在深夜渡过河流，徒步数英里，忍受北大西洋上崎岖而危险的航程。抵达后，许多人在熙熙攘攘的下曼哈顿安家。
It was at this time that a young woman named Emma Lazarus, whose own family fled persecution from Europe generations earlier, took up the cause of these new immigrants. Although she was a poet, she spent much of her time advocating for better health care and housing for the newcomers. And inspired by what she saw and heard, she wrote down her thoughts and donated a piece of work to help pay for the construction of a new statue -- the Statue of Liberty -- which actually was funded in part by small donations from people across America. 正是在这个时候，一位名叫爱玛·拉撒路的年轻女子，她自己的家人几代人之前也曾逃离欧洲的迫害，开始为这些新移民的事业奔走。虽然她是一位诗人，但她把大部分时间用于为新来者争取更好的医疗和住房。受所见所闻的启发，她写下了自己的想法，并捐赠了一篇作品以帮助支付一座新雕像——自由女神像——的建造费用，事实上，这座雕像的部分资金来自全美各地民众的小额捐款。
Years before the statue was built -- years before it would be seen by throngs of immigrants craning their necks skyward at the end of long and brutal voyage, years before it would come to symbolize everything that we cherish -- she imagined what it could mean. She imagined the sight of a giant statue at the entry point of a great nation -- but unlike the great monuments of the past, this would not signal an empire. Instead, it would signal one's arrival to a place of opportunity and refuge and freedom. 在雕像建成前——在成群的移民在漫长而艰苦的航程尽头仰望天空看到它之前，在它成为我们所珍视一切的象征之前——她想象出了它的意义。她想象着一座巨大的雕像矗立在一个伟大国家的入口——但与过去伟大的纪念碑不同，它不标志一个帝国。相反，它标志着一个人来到了一个机会、庇护和自由之地。
"Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand," she wrote, "在我们海浪冲刷、日落之门旁，将矗立着"，她写道，
A mighty woman with a torch… From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome… "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" "Give me your tired, and your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to be free" Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" 一位手持火炬的伟大女性…… 从她举着灯塔的手中， 散发世界范围的欢迎…… "保留你们古老的辉煌吧，旧大陆！" "把你那疲乏的、贫困的、 渴望自由呼吸的芸芸众生交给我" 把你那无家可归、饱经风浪的人们交给我， 我在金门之畔高举明灯！"
Let us remember these words. For it falls on each generation to ensure that that lamp -- that beacon -- continues to shine as a source of hope around the world, and a source of our prosperity here at home. 让我们铭记这些话。因为每一代人都有责任确保那盏灯——那座灯塔——继续闪耀，成为世界各地的希望之源，也成为我们国内的繁荣之源。
Thank you. God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America. Thank you. 谢谢。愿上帝保佑你们。愿上帝保佑美利坚合众国。谢谢。
