????????“她在一線抗擊新冠疫情，申請美國綠卡卻被拒了！”

????????據(jù)美國有線電視新聞網(wǎng)（CNN）6日報道，紐約前線一名治療新冠患者的醫(yī)生說，幾天前，她收到一封令她備受打擊的信：她的綠卡申請被拒絕了。她表示“感覺像被打了一巴掌”。

????????“我每天都在冒著生命危險去做這件事（救治新冠肺炎患者），但現(xiàn)在讓我感到震驚的是，他們沒有意識到這一點(diǎn)，或者他們沒有看到我所做的工作的價值，” 加拿大籍醫(yī)生朱莉婭·艾弗拉特周二對CNN主持人克里斯·科莫這樣說道。

• "I'm putting my life on the line every day to do this, and it's just blowing my mind right now that they are not appreciating it or they don't see the value in what I'm offering to do," Dr. Julia Iafrate told CNN's Chris Cuomo on Tuesday. "

????????“說實(shí)話，我都快瘋了。就像一記耳光打在臉上?！?/p>

• "I'm honestly beside myself. It's like a slap in the face."

????????據(jù)CNN報道，艾弗拉特是從加拿大移民到美國的，已經(jīng)在美國生活了13年，目前是哥倫比亞大學(xué)醫(yī)學(xué)中心的助理教授，專業(yè)是研究運(yùn)動醫(yī)學(xué)。但她當(dāng)看到所在城市的新冠肺炎病例激增時，她志愿到前線工作。

????????“因?yàn)槲沂且幻t(yī)生，”艾弗拉特說，“因?yàn)檫@就是我的工作，我知道我能幫上忙?！?/p>

• "Because I'm a doctor," Iafrate said, "because that's what I do, because I know that I can help."

????????艾弗拉特醫(yī)生已在前線治療新冠肺炎患者幾個星期了。

• Dr. Julia Iafrate has been on the front lines treating coronavirus patients for weeks.

????????幾天前，她從美國公民和移民服務(wù)局得知，她的綠卡申請被拒絕了。

• Several days ago, Iafrate says she heard from US Citizenship and Immigration Services that her green card application had been denied.

????????她和身邊的人對此都感到萬分詫異：“我完全措手不及、大吃一驚，我的移民律師、我所在部門的主任以及其他所有與此相關(guān)的人也是如此?！?/p>

• "I was blindsided. I was flabbergasted, and so was my immigration lawyer and so was my chair of my department and everyone else involved in this case," she said.?

????????美國移民機(jī)關(guān)說明的拒絕理由是，申請人必須在某個領(lǐng)域具有“專家”身份，才能符合資格。她說，自己其實(shí)就是專家，自己已經(jīng)一次又一次地證明了這一點(diǎn)。

• "They ask you to be an expert in your field ... and I am. I've proven that time and time again.

????????“我很驚訝，在這個時刻，其實(shí)是任何時候，他們（移民機(jī)關(guān)）都不認(rèn)為有必要讓像我這樣的人留在這里。”

• And I was just blown away that at this time, of all times, they don't think it's necessary to have someone like me here."

????????她表示，這是她有生以來第一次感到無助。“這讓人心痛……我不知道該怎么辦?！?/p>

• "It's heart wrenching. ... I don't know what to do.

????????對于這一事件，美國公民和移民服務(wù)局在一份聲明中表示，它對與個別案件有關(guān)的決定不予置評。

????????“根據(jù)證據(jù)充分性標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，如果申請人提供的證據(jù)不足以證明其資格，機(jī)構(gòu)裁決人員可以要求進(jìn)一步的證據(jù)并隨后予以拒絕?！?該機(jī)構(gòu)表示，“申請人(而非政府)有責(zé)任證明潛在受益人符合法律規(guī)定的資格要求。”

????????據(jù)悉，艾弗拉特將對政府針對她申請作出的決定提起上訴。

• Iafrate says she's appealing the government's decision in her case.

????????據(jù)《國會山報》（The Hill）報道，本周美國兩黨參議院通過了一項(xiàng)法案，這將使醫(yī)生和護(hù)士更容易獲得綠卡。

????????參議員迪克·杜賓在一份聲明中說：“目前在美國持臨時簽證工作的數(shù)千名醫(yī)生陷入綠卡申請積壓受阻狀態(tài)，這使他們的未來岌岌可危，制約了他們?yōu)榭箵粜鹿谝咔樽龀鲐暙I(xiàn)的能力，這是不可接受的?！?/p>

• "It is unacceptable that thousands of doctors currently working in the U.S. on temporary visas are stuck in the green card backlog, putting their futures in jeopardy and limiting their ability to contribute to the fight against COVID-19,” Sen.?Dick Durbin?(D-Ill.) said in a statement.

編輯：付慧敏

實(shí)習(xí)生：張景茜

中國日報（ID：chinadailywx）綜合CNN、The Hill、海外網(wǎng)