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For this 21-year-old Venezuelan, walking around Denver Colorado is a shock.
对于这位21岁的委内瑞拉人来说，在科罗拉多州丹佛市走动是一件令人震惊的事情。
Denver is very cold, too much.
丹佛很冷，太冷了。
I have on three jackets and four shirts.
我穿了三件夹克和四件衬衫。
The man we will call Alex ask that we not reveal his real name to protect him.
我们将称为亚历克斯的那个人要求我们不要透露他的真名来保护他。
He arrived just two days ago after a long journey from South America.
两天前，他从南美长途跋涉来到这里。
I went through the jungle for days without eating, without clothes, without being able to shower, without being able to sleep.
我在丛林里走了好几天，没有吃东西，没有衣服，没法洗澡，没法睡觉。
Well, I slept in the streets.
嗯，我睡在街上。
It's very difficult.
这个过程非常艰难。
But the goal today is to be able to work and improve myself here in the United States.
但今天的目标是能够在美国工作并提高自己。
Alex is one of more than 1,500 migrants bused to Denver about 1,000 kilometers north of the US-Mexico border in recent weeks.
最近几周，有1500多名移民乘坐大巴前往美墨边境以北约1000公里的丹佛，亚历克斯就是其中之一。
Mayor Michael Hancock estimates the city has spent two million dollars caring for them.
市长迈克尔·汉考克估计，该市已经花费了200万美元来照顾他们。
I implore Congress and the administration to act and to act quickly.
我恳求国会和政府采取行动，而且要尽快。
We need bold interim steps today, but we also need a long-term strategy and plan and policy around immigration.
今天，我们需要大胆的临时措施，但我们也需要针对移民的长期战略、计划和政策。
Mayor Hancock issued a state of emergency and opened temporary shelters like this one inside the Denver Coliseum especially needed now with temperatures at minus 25 degrees Celsius.
汉考克市长宣布该市进入紧急状态，并开放了像丹佛体育馆内这样的临时避难所，现在气温为零下25摄氏度，特别需要这些避难所。
The weather coupled with the holidays has left non-profits scrambling to help.
天气恶劣，再加上假期，让非营利组织争先恐后地提供帮助。
In just one evening, six trucks were filled with donations.
仅在一个晚上，六辆卡车就装满了捐赠品。
I don't think it's great that so many people are coming, but it also shows what's happening in the world right now.
我不认为有这么多人来是件好事，但这也表明了现在世界上正在发生的事情。
Denver is a sanctuary city that does not assist federal officials in enforcing immigration laws.
丹佛是一个避难所城市，不协助联邦官员执行移民法。
Most migrants in Denver are Venezuelan fleeing their country's economic crisis.
丹佛的大多数移民都是逃离本国经济危机的委内瑞拉人。
Catherine Chan is a Denver immigration attorney.
凯瑟琳·陈是丹佛的一名移民律师。
I know there's a lot of focus right now on Venezuelans that are fleeing Venezuela, but for decades now we've had problems with Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, even Mexico.
我知道现在有很多人关注逃离委内瑞拉的委内瑞拉人，但几十年来，洪都拉斯、危地马拉、萨尔瓦多，甚至墨西哥都存在问题。
So I don't see that surge really lessening because the economic and the stability factors of those countries is not changing to the extent that it would stem the tide of migration.
因此，我认为这种移民数量激增的现象并没有真正减少，因为这些国家的经济和稳定因素并没有改变到足以阻止移民潮的程度。
Those who want to stop the flow of migrants into America are sounding alarms about the situation in cities like Denver.
那些希望阻止移民涌入美国的人对丹佛等城市的情况敲响了警钟。
Ira Mehlman is with the Federation for American Immigration Reform(FAIR).
艾拉·梅尔曼就职于美国移民改革联合会(FAIR)。
We don't have infinite resources.
我们没有无限的资源。
If we had infinite resources none of this would be a problem.
如果我们有无限的资源，这些都不会是问题。
In just one night 175 migrants arrived in Denver.
仅仅一晚，就有175名移民抵达丹佛。
So many that now more are entering the city than leaving temporary shelters.
人数如此之多，以至于现在进入该市的人数都超过了离开临时避难所的人数。
