“她在一线抗击新冠疫情，申请美国绿卡却被拒了！”
据美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）6日报道，纽约前线一名治疗新冠患者的医生说，几天前，她收到一封令她备受打击的信：她的绿卡申请被拒绝了。她表示“感觉像被打了一巴掌”。
“我每天都在冒着生命危险去做这件事（救治新冠肺炎患者），但现在让我感到震惊的是，他们没有意识到这一点，或者他们没有看到我所做的工作的价值，” 加拿大籍医生朱莉娅·艾弗拉特周二对CNN主持人克里斯·科莫这样说道。
"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. "
“说实话，我都快疯了。就像一记耳光打在脸上。”
"I'm honestly beside myself. It's like a slap in the face."
据CNN报道，艾弗拉特是从加拿大移民到美国的，已经在美国生活了13年，目前是哥伦比亚大学医学中心的助理教授，专业是研究运动医学。但她当看到所在城市的新冠肺炎病例激增时，她志愿到前线工作。
“因为我是一名医生，”艾弗拉特说，“因为这就是我的工作，我知道我能帮上忙。”
"Because I'm a doctor," Iafrate said, "because that's what I do, because I know that I can help."
艾弗拉特在纽约一线抗疫（CNN）
艾弗拉特医生已在前线治疗新冠肺炎患者几个星期了。
Dr. Julia Iafrate has been on the front lines treating coronavirus patients for weeks.
几天前，她从美国公民和移民服务局得知，她的绿卡申请被拒绝了。
Several days ago, Iafrate says she heard from US Citizenship and Immigration Services that her green card application had been denied.
她和身边的人对此都感到万分诧异：“我完全措手不及、大吃一惊，我的移民律师、我所在部门的主任以及其他所有与此相关的人也是如此。”
"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.
艾弗拉特在推特上表达抗议
美国移民机关说明的拒绝理由是，申请人必须在某个领域具有“专家”身份，才能符合资格。她说，自己其实就是专家，自己已经一次又一次地证明了这一点。
"They ask you to be an expert in your field ... and I am. I've proven that time and time again.
“我很惊讶，在这个时刻，其实是任何时候，他们（移民机关）都不认为有必要让像我这样的人留在这里。”
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，这是她有生以来第一次感到无助。“这让人心痛……我不知道该怎幺办。”
"It's heart wrenching. ... I don't know what to do.
对于这一事件，美国公民和移民服务局在一份声明中表示，它对与个别案件有关的决定不予置评。
“根据证据充分性标准，如果申请人提供的证据不足以证明其资格，机构裁决人员可以要求进一步的证据并随后予以拒绝。” 该机构表示，“申请人(而非政府)有责任证明潜在受益人符合法律规定的资格要求。”
据悉，艾弗拉特将对政府针对她申请作出的决定提起上诉。
Iafrate says she's appealing the government's decision in her case.
据《国会山报》（The Hill）报道，本周美国两党参议院通过了一项法案，这将使医生和护士更容易获得绿卡。
参议员迪克·杜宾在一份声明中说：“目前在美国持临时签证工作的数千名医生陷入绿卡申请积压受阻状态，这使他们的未来岌岌可危，制约了他们为抗击新冠疫情做出贡献的能力，这是不可接受的。”。
"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.