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2019年1月8号，川普总统在椭圆办公室面向全国发表演说，陈述美国的边境危机以及建墙的重要性。这是川普第一次在黄金时段发表重大演说，各大电视台全部中断了既定节目，进行了现场直播。明天（周三），川普将邀请国会领袖去白宫再次商讨边境安全，如果无法通过预算法案（希望极其渺茫），那么川普有可能在周四视察边境的时候宣布重大决定。是不是宣布国家进入紧急状态，从而出动军队建墙，现在都是猜测，不过可能性越来越大。关于边境危机的分析，最近已经发过几篇文章，请参考推荐阅读。以下由飞洋在线全文翻译。英文原文在本期推送的第二篇（点击标题下蓝字，飞洋在线）。
美国同胞们：今晚我发表演说，是因为我们南部边境的人道主义危机和安全危机正在日益恶化。
每一天，海关和边境巡逻人员都会遇到几千名试图进入我国的非法移民。 我们的收容所已经爆满，我们也没有办法将他们迅速送回自己的国家。
美国自豪地欢迎数以百万计的合法移民，他们使我们的社会丰富多彩，并为我们的国家做出贡献。 但是，不加管控的非法移民，会伤害所有美国人。非法移民会消耗公共资源，争夺工作机会，压低工资。受损最严重的是非裔和西裔美国人。
我们的南部边界是海量非法毒品的通道，包括冰毒，海洛因，可卡因和芬太尼。每个礼拜，仅仅海洛因一项毒品就会造成300名美国公民死亡，其中90％是通过南部边境流入美国的。 今年一年，死于毒品的美国人，就会超过整个越南战争期间阵亡的军人。
在过去两年中，移民执法局ICE官员已经逮捕了266,000名有犯罪记录的外国人，包括被指控或已经定罪的，10万起攻击罪，3万起性犯罪，和4,000起暴力杀人案。 多年来，成千上万的美国人被非法闯进我们国家的人残忍杀害，如果我们现在不采取行动，还会有数以千计的美国人丧生。
这是一场人道主义危机 - 一场心灵危机和灵魂危机。
上个月，被非法带入美国的儿童暴涨到两万名。这些孩子被恶毒的人贩子和凶残的黑帮利用，成为典当的商品。 穿过墨西哥的危险徒步旅行中，每三个女性就有一个遭受性侵。 到目前为止，妇女和儿童是我们这个残破（移民）系统的最大受害者。
这就是我们南部边境的非法移民残酷现实。 这也是我决意要终结的，民众所遭受的循环往复的苦难。
我的政府已经向国会提交了一份详细的方案，确保边境安全，阻止黑帮，毒贩和人贩子。 这是一个很严重的问题。 我们的提案是由国土安全部的专业执法人士和边境巡逻人员制定的。 这些资源是他们要求的，用以完成使命，保证美国的安全。事实上，比以往任何时候都更加安全。
国土安全部的方案包括尖端科技，用于检测毒品，武器，违禁品和其他许多东西。 我们还要求更多边防人员，移民法官和收容所床位来应对日益增加的非法移民。因为我们的经济非常强劲，导致了非法移民的数量急剧增加。我们还紧急要求更多的人道主义援助和医疗救助。
此外，我们也在要求国会立法，堵住边境安全方面的一些漏洞，以便非法移民儿童可以安全和人道地返回家园。
最后，作为边境安全总体方案的一部分，专业执法人员还要求57亿美元用于建造实体屏障。在民主党的要求下，它将使用钢材，而不是混凝土围墙。这个屏障对边境安全至关重要。这也是我们的边境巡逻人员需要和要求的。这都是常识。
边境墙很快就能收回成本。非法毒品的代价每年超过5000亿美元 - 远远超过我们向国会要求的57亿美元。隔离墙也是间接由墨西哥支付，因为我们之间达成的最新贸易协议。
参议员查克舒默 - 今天晚些时候你会听到他的讲话 - 过去曾多次支持实体屏障。其他很多民主党人也一样。只有在我当选总统之后，他们才改变了主意。
国会民主党人一直拒绝承认这场危机。他们拒绝向我们勇敢的边防人员提供他们迫切需要的工具来保护我们的家园。
联邦政府仍然处于关闭状态，而这一切只有一个原因：民主党人拒绝拨款保护边境安全。
我的政府正在竭尽所能帮助那些受到影响的人。但唯一的解决方案是民主党通过预算法案来保护我们的边界并重新开放政府。
一个45分钟的会议足以解决问题。我已经邀请了国会领袖明天到白宫来完成这项工作。希望我们能够超越党派政治，共同支持国家安全。
有些人认为屏障是不道德的。那么为什么富有的政客们会在自己家建造围墙，栅栏和大门呢？他们建墙不是因为憎恶墙外的人，而是因为热爱墙内的人。唯一不道德的事，是政客们袖手旁观，继续让更多无辜的人变成受害者。
圣诞节第二天，美国人的心都碎了，一名加州的年轻警察被一个非法移民残忍杀害了。这个凶手刚刚偷渡进来。一个美国英雄的生命就这样被被一个根本无权呆在美国的夺去了。
日复一日，宝贵的生命因为那些侵犯我国边界的人嘎然而止。在加州，一名空军退伍军人惨遭强奸，被锤子活活打死了，凶手是一个非法移民，有常常犯罪历史。在乔治亚州，一名非法移民最近被控罪，他谋杀了自己的邻居，斩首并且分尸。在马里兰州，MS-13黑帮成员去年暴打并且凶残地刺死了一名16岁女孩，这些帮派分子是以无人陪伴的儿童身份进入美国的。
在过去的几年里，我见过数十个家庭，他们的亲人被非法移民杀害了。我曾经握过哭泣的母亲的手，也拥抱过悲痛欲绝的父亲。真的很难过。很糟糕。我永远不会忘记他们眼中的痛楚，声音里的颤抖，以及灵魂深处的悲哀。
还需要多少美国人的鲜血，才能让国会履行自己的职责？
对那些拒绝为边境安全妥协的人，我想问一句：想象一下，如果是你的孩子，你的丈夫，或者你的妻子，他们的生活如此残酷地支离破碎，你会怎么办？
我想对每一位国会议员说：通过预算法案，结束这场危机。
每一位美国公民：请给你的国会议员打电话，告诉他们，已经几十年了，是时候保卫我们的边界了。
这是对与错之间的选择，这是正义与非正义之间的选择，这是事关我们能否履行自己的神圣职责，为美国人民服务。
当我宣誓就职的时候，我发过誓要保护我们的国家。这是我将永远努力去做的事，上帝为证。
谢谢大家，晚安。
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President Donald J. Trump's Address to the Nation on the Crisis at the Border
Issued on: January 8, 2019
Oval Office
9:01 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans: Tonight, I am speaking to you because there is a growing humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border.
Every day, Customs and Border Patrol agents encounter thousands of illegal immigrants trying to enter our country. We are out of space to hold them, and we have no way to promptly return them back home to their country.
America proudly welcomes millions of lawful immigrants who enrich our society and contribute to our nation. But all Americans are hurt by uncontrolled, illegal migration. It strains public resources and drives down jobs and wages. Among those hardest hit are African Americans and Hispanic Americans.
Our southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs, including meth, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl. Every week, 300 of our citizens are killed by heroin alone, 90 percent of which floods across from our southern border. More Americans will die from drugs this year than were killed in the entire Vietnam War.
In the last two years, ICE officers made 266,000 arrests of aliens with criminal records, including those charged or convicted of 100,000 assaults, 30,000 sex crimes, and 4,000 violent killings. Over the years, thousands of Americans have been brutally killed by those who illegally entered our country, and thousands more lives will be lost if we don’t act right now.
This is a humanitarian crisis — a crisis of the heart and a crisis of the soul.
Last month, 20,000 migrant children were illegally brought into the United States — a dramatic increase. These children are used as human pawns by vicious coyotes and ruthless gangs. One in three women are sexually assaulted on the dangerous trek up through Mexico. Women and children are the biggest victims, by far, of our broken system.
This is the tragic reality of illegal immigration on our southern border. This is the cycle of human suffering that I am determined to end.
My administration has presented Congress with a detailed proposal to secure the border and stop the criminal gangs, drug smugglers, and human traffickers. It’s a tremendous problem. Our proposal was developed by law enforcement professionals and border agents at the Department of Homeland Security. These are the resources they have requested to properly perform their mission and keep America safe. In fact, safer than ever before.
The proposal from Homeland Security includes cutting-edge technology for detecting drugs, weapons, illegal contraband, and many other things. We have requested more agents, immigration judges, and bed space to process the sharp rise in unlawful migration fueled by our very strong economy. Our plan also contains an urgent request for humanitarian assistance and medical support.
Furthermore, we have asked Congress to close border security loopholes so that illegal immigrant children can be safely and humanely returned back home.
Finally, as part of an overall approach to border security, law enforcement professionals have requested $5.7 billion for a physical barrier. At the request of Democrats, it will be a steel barrier rather than a concrete wall. This barrier is absolutely critical to border security. It’s also what our professionals at the border want and need. This is just common sense.
The border wall would very quickly pay for itself. The cost of illegal drugs exceeds $500 billion a year — vastly more than the $5.7 billion we have requested from Congress. The wall will also be paid for, indirectly, by the great new trade deal we have made with Mexico.
Senator Chuck Schumer — who you will be hearing from later tonight — has repeatedly supported a physical barrier in the past, along with many other Democrats. They changed their mind only after I was elected President.
Democrats in Congress have refused to acknowledge the crisis. And they have refused to provide our brave border agents with the tools they desperately need to protect our families and our nation.
The federal government remains shut down for one reason and one reason only: because Democrats will not fund border security.
My administration is doing everything in our power to help those impacted by the situation. But the only solution is for Democrats to pass a spending bill that defends our borders and re-opens the government.
This situation could be solved in a 45-minute meeting. I have invited Congressional leadership to the White House tomorrow to get this done. Hopefully, we can rise above partisan politics in order to support national security.
Some have suggested a barrier is immoral. Then why do wealthy politicians build walls, fences, and gates around their homes? They don’t build walls because they hate the people on the outside, but because they love the people on the inside. The only thing that is immoral is the politicians to do nothing and continue to allow more innocent people to be so horribly victimized.
America’s heart broke the day after Christmas when a young police officer in California was savagely murdered in cold blood by an illegal alien, who just came across the border. The life of an American hero was stolen by someone who had no right to be in our country.
Day after day, precious lives are cut short by those who have violated our borders. In California, an Air Force veteran was raped, murdered, and beaten to death with a hammer by an illegal alien with a long criminal history. In Georgia, an illegal alien was recently charged with murder for killing, beheading, and dismembering his neighbor. In Maryland, MS-13 gang members who arrived in the United States as unaccompanied minors were arrested and charged last year after viciously stabbing and beating a 16-year-old girl.
Over the last several years, I’ve met with dozens of families whose loved ones were stolen by illegal immigration. I’ve held the hands of the weeping mothers and embraced the grief-stricken fathers. So sad. So terrible. I will never forget the pain in their eyes, the tremble in their voices, and the sadness gripping their souls.
How much more American blood must we shed before Congress does its job?
To those who refuse to compromise in the name of border security, I would ask: Imagine if it was your child, your husband, or your wife whose life was so cruelly shattered and totally broken?
To every member of Congress: Pass a bill that ends this crisis.
To every citizen: Call Congress and tell them to finally, after all of these decades, secure our border.
This is a choice between right and wrong, justice and injustice. This is about whether we fulfill our sacred duty to the American citizens we serve.
When I took the Oath of Office, I swore to protect our country. And that is what I will always do, so help me God.
Thank you and goodnight.
END 9:11 P.M. EST
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