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Deport them or notIn a country that defines itself by ideals，not by shared blood，who should be allowed to come，work and live here?In the wake of the Sept．1 1 attacks these questions have never seemed more pressing．
On Dec．11，2001，as part of the effort to increase homeland security，federal and local authorities in 14 states staged“Operation Safe Travel”-raids on airports to arrest employees with false identification(身份证明)．In Salt Lake City there were 69 arrests．But those captured were anything but terrorists，most of them
illegal immigrants from Central or South America．Authorities said the undocumented workers’illegal status made them open to blackmail(讹诈)by terrorists．
Many immigrants in Salt Lake City were angered by the arrests and said they felt as if they were being treated like disposable goods．
Mayor Anderson said those feelings were justified to a certain extent，“We’re saying we want you to work in these places，we’re going to look the other way in terms of what our laws are，and then when it’s convenient for us，or when we can try to make a point in terms of national security，especially after Sept．1 1，then you’re disposable．There are whole families being uprooted for all of the wrong reasons，”Anderson said．
If Sept．1 1 had never happened．the airport workers would not have been arrested and could have gone oil quietly living in America．probably indefinitely．Ana Castr0，a manager at a Ben＆Jerry’s ice cream shop at the airport，had been workin9 10 years with the same false Social Security card when she was arrested in the December airport raid．Now she and her family are living under the threat of deportation(驱逐出境)．Castro’s case is currently waiting to be settled．While she awaits the outcome，the government has granted her permission to work here and she has returned to her job at Ben&Jerry’s．
According to the author，the United States claims to be a nation__________．

A . we will turn a blind eye to your illegal status
B . we will examine the laws in a different way
C . there are other ways of enforcing the law
D . the existing laws must not be ignored

参考答案：A

参考解析：

【答案】A
【解析】由题干中的“we’re going to look the other way”定位到第四段。在Anderson市长的话中，and连接的前后两句实际上是转折关系。“look the other way”本意是指有意忽视某些不好的方面，结合后面的“一旦国家安全被提上日程，移民工人就只能被打发掉了”推测，“look the other way in terms of what our laws are”应是指美国在劳动力紧缺时期对移民工人的非法地位睁一只眼闭一只眼。