美国总统特朗普透露想发布行政令,叫停受美国宪法保护的“出生公民权”。请看本报昨日的报道: U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview posted Tuesday that he intends to sign an executive order that would terminate birthright citizenships in part of an effort to end “anchor babies” and “chain migration.” Trump told “Axios on HBO” that the U.S. is the only country in the world “where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States ... with all of those benefits.” Trump called birthright citizenship “ridiculous” and that “it has to end.” Under the Constitution, anyone born in the U.S. — regardless of whether it is by a noncitizen or unauthorized immigrant — is considered a citizen. 报道中的anchor baby译为“定锚婴儿”,是个贬义词,在加拿大叫passport baby,指为获得国籍而在美国出生的外国孩子,或出自非法移民家庭的婴儿。这个词1996年首次被印刷媒体使用,2006年被美国方言协会评为年度词汇。 |