协助美国移民和海关执法局(ICE)逮捕非法入境者的警察仅接受了大幅精简的培训课程,其中关于美国移民法律的相关教学内容被大幅删减。
Police officers helping ICE arrest unauthorized immigrants were given a shortened training course that scaled back instruction on the nation’s immigration laws.
据《华盛顿邮报》查阅的邮件显示,美国国土安全部大幅缩减了参与移民执法工作的警察的培训内容,不仅减少了有关美国移民法律的教学,还删除了警察在执法过程中可能遇到的各种现实场景的讲解。
The Department of Homeland Security sped up training for police officers making immigration arrests by scaling back instruction on the nation’s immigration laws and real world scenarios they might encounter, according to emails reviewed byThe Washington Post.
去年,作为扩大ICE执法范围的整体举措之一,特朗普政府将那些同意协助ICE执法的警察原本为期四周的线下培训,缩减为仅40小时的线上培训。
The Trump administration reduced training for officers whose departments agreed to help U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from four weeks of in-person education to 40 hours of virtual training last year as part of a broader effort to expand the agency’s footprint across the nation.
虽然《华盛顿邮报》等媒体此前已报道过培训时长被缩短的情况,但关于具体哪些内容被删减却鲜为人知。
While The Post and others have reported on the shortened training, relatively little has been known about what components had been trimmed.
监督组织“美国监督”通过《信息自由法》申请获得了大量相关文件,其中包括去年2月一名ICE官员发给大卫·文图雷拉和托德·莱昂斯的邮件。该官员的姓名已被隐去。莱昂斯当时担任ICE代理局长,后于5月份辞职;文图雷拉曾是顾问,如今已出任该机构负责人。
Watchdog group American Oversight obtained a trove of documents through a Freedom of Information Act request that included an email sent last February from an ICE official to David Venturella and Todd Lyons. The official’s name was redacted. Lyons was ICE’s acting director at the time and resigned in May; Venturella was an adviser and now leads the agency.
在这封邮件中,该官员称,为满足一些匿名人士缩短培训课程的要求,有关移民分类及驱逐指控的相关教学内容将被“大幅删减”,而旨在帮助警察熟悉实际执法场景的培训内容则被完全取消。
In the correspondence, the official described how teachings on immigrant classifications and removal charges would be “truncated” to meet the requests of unnamed individuals who requested that the course be shortened. Instruction providing officers with real world scenarios they might encounter while out in the field was eliminated altogether.
“我们发现的这些文件令人担忧至极,因为它们让我们得以亲眼目睹:那些如今承担着极其敏感执法任务的警察,其培训过程正被彻底破坏。”美国监督组织执行主任奇奥玛·丘库乌说道。
“The records we uncovered are so concerning because we are getting a front-row seat to how the process to educate and train the officers that are now performing such incredibly sensitive work is being completely gutted,” said Chioma Chukwu, executive director of American Oversight.
地方警方与ICE(美国移民及海关执法局)之间的合作伙伴关系,即所谓的287(g)协议,自去年1月以来呈指数级增长。在拜登政府时期,ICE在16个州拥有135份有效协议。如今,已有超过2600家执法机构签署加入。大多数协议规定向部门提供补偿,以换取培训警员在例行活动(如交通拦截)中协助逮捕涉嫌民事违规的移民。
The partnerships between local police and ICE, known as 287(g) agreements, have expanded exponentially since last January. Under the Biden administration, ICE had 135 active agreements across 16 states. Now, there are more than 2,600 agencies signed up. Most of the accords provide departments compensation in exchange for training officers to help arrest people for civil immigration violations during routine activities like traffic stops.
国土安全部(DHS)未立即回应关于培训计划变更的置评请求,但此前曾赞扬地方机构与ICE在逮捕行动中的合作。
DHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the changes to the training program, but it has previously praised local agencies for their work collaborating with ICE on arrests.
“当地方执法部门与我们合作时,我们取得了巨大成功,”该机构在8月致《华盛顿邮报》的书面声明中表示。
“We have had tremendous success when local law enforcement work with us,” the agency said in a written statement to The Post in August.
在去年发送的一封电子邮件中,该ICE官员指出,机构最初被指示将为期四周的培训计划缩减至两周,随后又被要求进一步压缩至一周。
In the email sent last year, the ICE official notes that the agency was initially instructed to cut the four-week training program to two weeks, but was then asked to trim it further to one week.
“被移除的一些教材,其内容似乎旨在帮助警员理解他们在第一时间是否有合法依据对某人采取行动,”丘库说。“例如,谁实际上是公民,他们的移民身份是什么,有什么理由可能证明寻求驱逐他们是正当的?”
“Some of the materials that were removed, the subject matter was seemingly designed to help the officers understand whether or not they have a lawful basis to act against someone in the first place,” Chukwu said. “So for example, who is actually a citizen, what is their immigration status, what grounds could possibly justify seeking their removal?”
该ICE官员列出了精简后的40小时培训计划中保留的10个主题,包括武力使用政策、责任与民权法、移民拘留以及“跨文化问题”等。该官员表示,受训人员每天培训将进行一次考核。
The ICE official listed 10 topics that remain in the abbreviated 40-hour program, including use of force policy, liability and civil rights law, immigrant detention and “cross-cultural issues,” among others. The official says the recruits would have one test per training day.
邮件发出五小时后,文特雷拉回复了一个词:“谢谢。” 在唐纳德·特朗普总统重新上任后,不仅警察的移民执法培训时间被大幅缩短,美国移民与海关执法局新入职人员的培训也同样被压缩。原本在佐治亚州格林科的联邦执法培训中心为期72天的培训课程,如今被缩减为42天。
Five hours after the email was sent, Venturella responded with a one-word reply: “Thanks.”Police officers are not the only ones whose training on enforcing immigration laws was significantly shortened after President Donald Trump returned to office. Training for new ICE officers was also reduced. Their 72-day instruction program at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia, was trimmed to a 42-day course.
今年早些时候,由于民主党人士及前联邦执法官员质疑这些新入职人员是否在准备不足的情况下便匆忙上岗,特朗普政府又恢复了原先的较长培训方案。
The Trump administration reverted to the longer training program earlier this year after Democrats and former federal law enforcement officials questioned whether the recruits were being rushed on to the job without adequate preparation.
在特朗普任内,ICE获得了数百亿美元的额外资金,并招募了数千名新警员。该机构实施的逮捕行动数量屡创纪录;《华盛顿邮报》对政府数据的分析显示,大多数被ICE拘留的人员并无犯罪记录。
ICE received tens of billions of dollars in additional funds under Trump and has hired thousands of new officers. The agency has been making record numbers of arrests, and a Post analysis of government data showed most of those ICE is detaining do not have a criminal record.