2月,多德里奇县警长克林顿·博林承诺让县警局配合特朗普总统的遣返行动,但他并不指望会见到很多移民,无论其身份是否合法。他真正盯上的是新的警车。
Doddridge County Sheriff Clinton Boring committed his department to work on behalf of President Trump’s deportation campaign in February, though he didn’t expect to see many immigrants, legal or not. He had his sights on new squad cars.
“我真不认为多德里奇有任何拉丁裔居民。”博林说。他负责的西弗吉尼亚辖区约有7600名居民。即便如此,他补充道:“有机会拿到可能高达10万美元的设备或车辆经费,这根本不用犹豫。”他说,六个月内,多德里奇县警局拘留了两名非法居美者,并获得了超过13.7万美元的联邦资金。
“I honestly don’t think there are any Hispanics that live in Doddridge,” said Boring, whose West Virginia jurisdiction has about 7,600 residents. Even so, he added, “When you get an opportunity to get possibly $100,000 for equipment or vehicles, that’s a no-brainer.”Within six months, he said, the Doddridge County Sheriff’s Office detained two people living in the U.S. illegally and received more than $137,000 in federal funds.
即便博林警长的副手们不再拘留其他人,他的警局仍有资格获得一笔相当于其年度预算四分之一以上的款项。这就是美国国土安全部一项专项工作组计划的安排:将地方警察作为有偿合作伙伴,参与特朗普政府针对移民的严厉执法行动。
Even if Boring’s deputies don’t take any others into custody, his department is eligible for a payment equal to more than a quarter of its annual budget. Those are the terms of a Department of Homeland Security task force program that enlists local police as paid partners in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.