Inacountrythatdefinesitselfbyideals,notbysharedblood,whoshouldbeallowedtocomeworkandlivehere?InthewakeoftheSept.11attacksthesequestionshaveneverseemedmorepressing.
OnDec.11,2001,aspartoftheefforttoincreasehomelandsecurity,federalandlocalauthoritiesin14statesstaged“OperationSafeTravel”—raidsonairportstoarrestemployeeswithfalseidentification(身份证明).InSaltLakeCitytherewere69arrests.Butthosecapturedwereanythingbutterrorists,mostofthemillegalimmigrantsfromCentralorSouthAmerica.Authoritiessaidtheundocumentedworkers’illegalstatusmadethemopentoblackmail(讹诈)byterrorists.
ManyimmigrantsinSaltLakeCitywereangeredbythearrestsandsaidtheyfeltasiftheywerebeingtreatedlikedisposablegoods.
MayorAndersonsaidthosefeelingswerejustifiedtoacertainextent.“We’resayingwewantyoutoworkintheseplaces,we’regoingtolooktheotherwayintermsofwhatourlawsare,andthenwhenit’sconvenientforus,orwhenwecantrytomakeapointintermsofnationalsecurity,especiallyafterSept.11,thenyou’redisposable.Therearewholefamiliesbeinguprootedforallofthewrongreasons,”Andersonsaid.
IfSept.11hadneverhappened,theairportworkerswouldnothavebeenarrestedandcouldhavegoneonquietlylivinginAmerica,probablyindefinitely.AnaCastro,amanagerataBen&Jerry’sicecreamshopattheairporthadbeenworking10yearswiththesamefalseSocialSecuritycardwhenshewasarrestedintheDecemberairportraid.Nowsheandherfamilyarelivingunderthethreatofdeportation(驱逐出境).Castro’scaseiscurrentlywaitingtobesettled.Whilesheawaitstheoutcome,thegovernmenthasgrantedherpermissiontoworkhereandshehasreturnedtoherjobatBen&Jerry’s.
62.Accordingtotheauthor,theUnitedStatesclaimstobeanation________.
A)composedofpeoplehavingdifferentvalues
B)encouragingindividualpursuits
63.HowdidtheimmigrantsinSaltLakeCityfeelabout“OperationSafeTravel”?
64.Undocumentedworkersbecamethetargetof“OperationSafeTravel”because________.
A)evidencewasfoundthattheywerepotentialterrorists
B)mostofthemworkedatairportsunderthreatofterrorists
C)terroristsmighttakeadvantageoftheirillegalstatus
D)theywerereportedlyhelpinghideterroristsaroundtheairport
65.Bysaying“...we’regoingtolooktheotherwayintermsofwhatourlawsare”(Line2,Para.4),MayorAndersonmeans“________”.
A)wewillturnablindeyetoyourillegalstatus
B)wewillexaminethelawsinadifferentway
C)thereareotherwaysofenforcingthelaw
D)theexistinglawsmustnotbeignored
66.WhatdowelearnaboutAnaCastrofromthelastparagraph?
A)Shewillbedeportedsoonerorlater.
B)Sheisallowedtostaypermanently.
D)Herfateremainsuncertain.
