2015考研英语阅读农业和移民政策_大学英语阅读

2015考研英语阅读农业和移民政策

　　大多数都是 Vidalias洋葱一种味道甜美的洋葱品种，种植于乔治亚州以南，低硫沙地土壤，受联邦政府商标的保护。大多数Vidalias洋葱都由工人人工收种，埃迪尔韦托就是其中一员，他从墨西哥来到北部这片土地上工作，在乔治亚州南部收种洋葱和其他庄稼长达16年。他的三个孩子都在这里出生。今年夏天他打算离开乔治亚州，到北卡罗来纳州寻找工作。像他这样的还大有人在。

　　On July 1st Georgias new immigration law isscheduled to take effect. It empowers police tocheck the immigration status of criminal suspects.It requires employers with ten or more employees tocheck the immigration status of newly hired workerson a federal database . Applicants for public benefits mustprovide a secure and verifiable document ofidentification and must swear that they are in thecountry legally.

　　7月1日，乔治亚州的新移民法预计生效。它授权警察检查犯罪嫌疑人的在留资格，要求雇佣工人人数超过10人的雇主，在联邦政府数据库里检查新进工人的入境身份。公共福利的申请人必须提供一份安全、已认证文件的身份证明，必须宣誓，誓言他们在美国是合法的。

　　Critics say the bill is unconstitutional, and indeed a federal judge will hear those charges on June20th and may stop the law from taking effect. A federal judge blocked parts of Arizonas anti-immigration law, which Georgias measure echoes, last year. But Matt Ramsey, one of the billssponsors in Georgias legislature, maintains that there is nothing in this bill that anyone herelegally has to worry about.