- 2:59 many Americans accurately perceived chaos and lawlessness at the border prompting a backlash.
- 国境での混乱や無法状態を多くのアメリカ人が正しく目の当たりにし、反発が生じた。
I was surprised that the Trump administration deported fewer people than the Obama administration.
The news showed a lot of shocking images in which officers raided immigrants.
Was Trump’s strategy on immigration only for spectacle?
I want to know what’s going on with the immigration problem now.
| イディオム・表現 | 意味 | 例文（英文中から） |
|---|---|---|
| accurately perceived | 正確に認識する | many Americans accurately perceived chaos and lawlessness at the border. |
| prompting a backlash | 反発を引き起こす | prompting a backlash |
| lawless, authority-driven approach | 無法で権力主導のやり方 | what appears to be a lawless, an authority-driven approach |
| disregards legal precedents | 法的先例を無視する | one that disregards legal precedents, court rulings and legislative prerogatives |
| managed with competence and decency | 有能かつ誠実に管理される | Americans want immigration to be managed with competence and decency |
| comprehensive immigration reform | 包括的な移民改革 | this would be the moment for comprehensive immigration reform |
| totally overhauled | 完全に見直される | the asylum system must be totally overhauled |
| numerical caps | 数量上限 | There should be clear numerical caps |
| path to legal status | 法的地位への道 | should be given some path to legal status |
| backfiring | 裏目に出る、逆効果になる | Trump’s aggressive immigration policies are backfiring |
| political cudgel | 政治的な棍棒（相手を攻撃する手段） | preferred as a political cudgel |
| torpedoing a deal | 合意を潰す、妨害する | torpedoing a bipartisan Senate immigration deal |
| energized the base | 支持基盤を活気づける | That sense energized the base |
| alienated moderates | 穏健派を遠ざける | but alienated moderates |
| litmus test | 試金石、リトマス試験 | This is a litmus test for Trump |
| fragile | 脆弱である | The recent shift in public opinion on immigration is real. But fragile. |
| sit solidly in the center | 中道にしっかり立つ | Democrats should sit solidly in the center |
| turn away from performance towards policy | パフォーマンスから政策へ方向を変える | turn away from performance towards policy |
| fear mongering | 恐怖を煽る | It’s finally time to replace fear mongering with solutions |
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