On Sept. 11,2001, America suffered the worst terrorist attacks in our history.
2001年9月11日,美國遭受了建國以來最嚴重的恐怖襲擊。
The attacks were carried out by foreign nationals who exploited our lax immigration laws
那次襲擊是外籍人員發動的,他們利用我們松懈的移民法的漏洞,
and defrauded our immigration system in order to murder nearly 3,000 innocent people.
并欺騙了我們的移民體系,最終令近3000無辜民眾喪生。
Following the attacks, Congress placed most immigration enforcement functions within a new agency
在那場襲擊后,美國國會將大多數移民執行職能授權于一個新機構,
known as the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, meaning ICE.
該機構被稱為"美國移民和海關執法局"即ICE.
One of the critical lessons of 9/11 is that immigration enforcement saves lives.
911事件讓我們得到的其中一個教訓就是移民執法可以拯救生命。
We must enforce the rules against visa fraud, illegal overstay, illegal entry and other immigration violations and crimes
我們必須執行這些法則,對抗簽證欺詐、非法逗留、非法入境和其它移民入侵和犯罪行為
and crimes they are, believe me, crimes they are.
這些的確是犯罪行為,相信我,真的是犯罪行為。