트럼프, '국경장벽' 불법 이민과 코로나 동시에 통제 역할 VIDEO; Amid Pandemic, Trump Lauds Border Wall

Amid Pandemic, Trump Lauds Border Wall

By Steve Herman

YUMA, ARIZONA - Before addressing a rally in Phoenix, Arizona, on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump visited a section of border wall in the southwestern U.S. state. 

Trump tried to credit the new section of wall, which he and several other officials autographed, for stopping both illegal immigration and the coronavirus.  

U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to autograph a plaque commemorating the construction of the 200th mile of border wall while visiting the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border in San Luis, Arizona, June 23, 2020.

트럼프, 국경장벽 불법 이민과 코로나 동시에 통제 역할     트럼프 미국 대통령이 20일 애리조나주 피닉스에서 열린 집회에서 연설하기에 앞서 미국 남서부 주 국경장벽 구간을 방문했다. 트럼프는 자신과 몇몇 다른 관리들이 서명한 새로운 국경장벽이 불법 이민과 코로나바이러스 모두를 중단시킨 것으로 생각했다. 그러나 아리조나는 COVID-19의 발병 미국 내 여러 핫 지역 중 하나일 뿐이다. 트럼프 대통령의 방문을 앞두고 애리조나 보건부는 20일 코로나바이러스 감염자가 3600명에 육박한다고 보고했다. 존스홉킨스 대학의 연구에 따르면, 주 전체적으로는 54,000명 이상의 확인된 코로나바이러스 환자가 있으며, 1,300명 이상의 사망자를 기록했다고 한다. 트럼프 대통령은 "우리 국경이 이보다 더 안전했던 적이 없다"고 말했다. "이것은 세계 어느 곳에서도 가장 강력하고 포괄적인 국경장벽 구조다."라고 말했다. 황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터 Ki Chul Hwang Conpaper editor curator

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Arizona, however, is among several hot spots in the country for the COVID-19 outbreak. Ahead of Trump's visit, the Arizona Department of Health on Tuesday reported nearly 3,600 new coronavirus cases. 

Overall, the state has more than 54,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, and has recorded more than 1,300 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University research. 

"Our border has never been more secure," Trump said. "This is the most powerful and comprehensive border wall structure anywhere in the world." 

"Using our emergency public health authorities, we prevented a coronavirus catastrophe on the southern border, shutting down human smuggling and swiftly returning the crossers," Trump said. "Without these public health measures, the southern border would be a global epicenter of the viral transmission." 

Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf and Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan joined Trump in Yuma on Tuesday to tour a new section of wall along the border with Mexico at San Luis in Yuma County. 

The U.S. government says 338 kilometers of construction has been done along the border since January 2017, but it appears that only 4.8 kilometers of it is in places where no barriers previously existed.  

"The new wall is in many places twice as tall as where it was before, and many miles were built where nothing but vehicle barriers existed before, which few people would describe as a fence," David Bier, immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute's Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, told VOA. "Despite the improvements, the new fences are already being breached and climbed, and immigrants are still going around. In fact, in 2019, the government stated the number of people evading detection at the border actually increased." 

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Trump Commemorates the 200th Mile of the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall in Arizona 

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