今夏悄然扩大的 ICE 执法浪潮,仿佛“所有地方同时发生”对数十起被镜头记录的事件进行梳理,让这场大多看不见的镇压行动呈现出新的面貌。特朗普总统大规模驱逐计划中最有力的一次升级悄然发生。
A Quiet ICE Surge That Unfolded ‘Everywhere All at Once’ This Summer A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown. The most effective escalation of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign happened quietly.
与此前引发数千名抗议者涌上芝加哥、洛杉矶和明尼阿波利斯街头的高调突袭不同,6月、7月和8月的逮捕行动大多只被画质粗糙的监控摄像头记录下来,部分画面透过百叶窗的缝隙或紧闭的门缝拍摄。
Unlike earlier high-profile raids that drew thousands of protesters into the streets of Chicago, Los Angeles and Minneapolis, the surge in arrests in June, July and August was captured mostly by grainy security camera footage, through cracked blinds and from behind closed doors.
今年夏天,移民与海关执法局(ICE)的逮捕人数飙升至本届特朗普政府成立以来的历史最高水平——6月达到43,000人,7月超过49,000人,8月接近51,000人。与此同时,官员削减或收紧了在美国获得合法居留身份的途径,并扩大了可被驱逐人员的范围。
Arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement this summer soared to record highs since the start of this Trump administration — with 43,000 in June, more than 49,000 in July and nearly 51,000 in August — as officials cut or narrowed the pathways to legal residency in the United States and expanded the pool of people eligible for deportation.
联邦探员几乎出现在日常生活的每个角落,在医院和机场、郊区学校外侧,以及乡村建筑工地和卡车停靠站开展行动。他们从缅因州的沿海城市向亚利桑那州的沙漠小镇扩散,横跨怀俄明州辽阔的平原,并深入南部边境地区。
Federal agents appeared in nearly every corner of daily life, carrying out operations at hospitals and airports, outside suburban schools and along rural construction sites and truck stops. They fanned out from coastal cities in Maine to desert towns in Arizona, across the open plains of Wyoming and down through the southern borderlands.
在德克萨斯州和佛罗里达州等由共和党领导、执法行动增长最强的州,联邦探员通过与县警长和州高速公路巡警合作,进一步扩大了行动范围。在民主党优势地区,尽管当地法律旨在限制联邦探员的行动,他们仍加剧了相关活动。
In Republican-led states like Texas and Florida, where the swell was strongest, they amplified their reach through partnerships with sheriffs and state highway patrol officers. In Democratic strongholds, they intensified their activities despite laws meant to restrict them.
自由意志主义智库卡托研究所移民研究主任戴维·比尔说,地方合作、联邦资金的注入以及新技术,使这张罗网变得高度分散,因此未能引起太多关注。
David Bier, director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, said the local partnerships, an infusion of federal dollars and new technology had made the dragnet so decentralized that it had attracted less attention.
他说:“这种通过多种手段、在各地同时逐步升级的行动,使整个行动得以避开公众视线。”
“This gradual rise everywhere all at once, through a lot of means, is enabling the operation to fly under the radar,” he said.