一位探讨家乡克什米尔冲突的获奖电影导演因涉嫌非法居留和工作在美国，已被美国移民官员拘留。
A filmmaker whose award-winning work has explored conflict in his native Kashmir has been detained by United States immigration officials on suspicion of residing and working in the country illegally.
据朋友和家属发表的声明称，阿尔法特·谢赫(Afpat Sheikh)于9月24日从加利福尼亚州降落时，在华盛顿杜利斯国际机场被美国移民及海关执法局(ICE)拘留。他们将其拘留描述为“非法”并呼吁释放。
Arfat Sheikh was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after disembarking a flight from California at Washington Dulles International Airport on September 24, according to a statement from friends and relatives who labeled his detention "unlawful" and are calling for his release.
负责监督ICE的国土安全部(DHS)周三向路透社证实，谢赫“曾合法进入美国，暂时停留，但非法逾期居留”。谢赫今年42岁，2019年以学生签证进入美国，并在乔治亚州大学攻读电影研究研究生课程，据朋友和家属发表的声明称。
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees ICE, confirmed to the Reuters news agency on Wednesday that Sheikh had "legally entered the US on a temporary basis and illegally overstayed his lawful admittance." Sheikh, 42, entered the US in 2019 on a student visa and enrolled on a graduate course in film studies at Georgia State University, according to the statement from friends and family.
声明称，谢赫于2020年申请避难，目前有一份待处理的移民申请，并获得在美国工作和居住的授权。声明未提及避难的理由。
Having applied for asylum in 2020, the statement said he had a pending immigration application and was authorized to work and live in the US. It did not mention the ground for asylum.
DHS表示，谢赫将获得正当程序，但待处理的申请并不赋予法定居留身份。
The DHS said Sheikh would receive due process but that a pending application does not confer legal residency status.
ICE逮捕增加之际，特朗普推进移民打压美国总统唐纳德·特朗普正推进一项移民打压和驱逐行动，他声称这旨在提升国内安全。
ICE arrests up amid Trump immigration crackdown US President Donald Trump has been pursuing an immigration crackdown and deportation drive that he claims is aimed at improving domestic security.
其政府8月份表示，将“识别并撤销外国人持有的非移民签证，这些人声称来美短期访问，但随后申请避难以永久留美”。今年夏天ICE逮捕人数达到创纪录水平，8月份约有5.1万人被逮捕。
His administration said in August it was to "identify and revoke the non-immigrant visas of foreigners who have come to the US claiming to be short-term visitors, but then file for asylum to stay here permanently." The number of ICE arrests hit record levels this summer, with about 51,000 recorded across August.
批评人士表示，这场打压违反了正当程序和言论自由权，并为少数民族群体创造了不安全的环境，他们担心存在种族Profiling。ICE 瞄准南亚人群，将其驱逐出美国。查看此视频。
Critics say the crackdown has violated due process and free speech rights and has created an unsafe environment particularly for ethnic minorities, who have raised concerns about racial profiling.
谢克来自印度管辖的克什米尔地区，2025年在特内克国际电影节获得新兴电影人活动家奖。
ICE targets South Asians for removal from United States To view this video, and Sheikh, who hails from India-administered Kashmir, won the Emerging Filmmaker Activist Award at the Teaneck International Film Festival in 2025.
他的第一部长片电影《2024年的《藏红花王国》》获得芝加哥电影人奖、洛杉矶电影与纪录片奖、墨尔本独立电影节和维克森林大学电影节的最佳长片奖。
His first feature film, 2024's "Saffron Kingdom," won Best Feature Film at the Chicago Filmmakers Awards, the LA Film and Documentary Awards, the Melbourne Independent Film Festival and the Wake Forest Film Festival.
该片探讨了克什米尔地区的冲突。克什米尔是一片存在争议的穆斯林占多数的地区，印度（印度教占多数）和巴基斯坦（伊斯兰教）都声称对其拥有主权，但双方仅分别控制其中一部分，并曾就此爆发过战争。
The film explored conflict in Kashmir a disputed Muslim-majority region claimed by both Hindu-majority India and Islamic Pakistan which each control only part of it and have fought wars over it.