马马克·莱维，宾夕法尼亚州哈里斯堡——本周，美国国土安全部公布了一名尼日利亚男子因不雅暴露行为被捕的消息，但其中夹杂的政治攻击也引发了民主党人及一个非党派政府监督机构的投诉。
MARC LEVY HARRISBURG, Pa. — When the U.S. Department of Homeland Security publicized the arrest of a Nigerian man for indecent exposure this week, it included a political attack that’s drawing complaints from Democrats and a nonpartisan government watchdog.
该部门的新闻稿声称，这名男子曾在宾夕法尼亚州一个关键选区的民主党国会候选人手下工作，这种提及高调中期选举的方式并不常见。
The department’s press release alleges that the man worked for a Democratic congressional candidate in a Pennsylvania battleground district, an unusual reference to a high-profile midterm contest.
美国移民和海关执法局副局长查尔斯·沃尔在新闻稿中表示：“真令人难以置信，珍妮尔·斯特尔森竟然会雇用一名非法移民参与国会竞选，更不用说还是一个在公共场合暴露身体的变态。”
“It’s unbelievable that Janelle Stelson would employ an illegal alien to work on a congressional campaign, let alone a pervert who exposed himself in public,” Charles Wall, deputy director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said in the press release.
警方报告称，该男子的车内发现了斯特尔森的传单。斯特尔森否认该男子是竞选团队成员。
A police report said the man had fliers for Stelson in his vehicle. Stelson denied that the man was a campaign employee.
国土安全部并未回应有关其如何确认该男子为斯特尔森工作的问题。其新闻稿援引了一则新闻报道，而该报道引用了一名保守派活动人士的言论，称二者存在关联。
The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to questions about how it established the man worked for Stelson. Its press release cited a news report quoting a conservative activist who asserted the connection.
“华盛顿公民责任与道德组织”于周四向美国特别检察官办公室提出投诉，称国土安全部对斯特尔森的攻击公然违反了《哈奇法案》，该法案禁止政府官员利用其官方职位影响选举。
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a complaint Thursday with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, calling the department’s attack on Stelson a blatant violation of the Hatch Act, which prohibits government officials from using their official positions to influence elections.
该组织负责人唐纳德·谢尔曼表示，他从未见过类似国土安全部声明的情况——一个执法机构在一份与选举相关犯罪毫无关联的新闻稿中，“刻意”提及某人与竞选活动的关联。
Donald Sherman, who leads CREW, said he’d never seen anything like the department’s statement, where a law enforcement agency “goes out of its way” to reference a campaign affiliation in a press release that has nothing to do with election-related crimes.
谢尔曼说：“这份新闻稿与政府行政部门及总统自上而下传递的信息一致，即无论法律如何规定，美国移民和海关执法局都应介入选举事务。”
The press release is “consistent with the message that the administration and that the president has sent from the top that ICE is to be involved in elections, regardless of what the law says,” Sherman said.
前地方电视台主持人斯特尔逊正在宾夕法尼亚州第10国会选区第二次竞选，挑战共和党众议员斯科特·佩里。这场竞选预计将成为决定11月中期选举美国众议院控制权的的关键选区之一。
Stelson, a former local television personality, is running for the second time against Republican Rep. Scott Perry in Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District. It’s expected to be one of the races that determines control of the U.S. House in the November midterms.
斯特尔逊的竞选团队表示：“如果他是一个犯罪的非法移民，他就应该被驱逐出境。在听到他被捕的新闻之前，我们从未听说过这个人。我们感谢执法部门迅速采取行动将他逮捕。”唐纳德·特朗普总统的政府此前已因将联邦资源用于政治目的而受到严格审查。国土安全部花费了数百万纳税人的资金来美化特朗普并宣传其竞选信息，这引发了两起诉讼和两党的不满。
“If he is an illegal immigrant who committed a crime he should be deported,” Stelson’s campaign said. “We never heard of him prior to the news of his arrest. We are grateful to law enforcement for acting swiftly to arrest him.”President Donald Trump’s administration is already under scrutiny for using federal resources for political purposes. The Department of Homeland Security has spent millions of taxpayer dollars on s glorifying Trump and promoting his campaign messaging, drawing a pair of lawsuits and bipartisan backlash.
根据美联社获得的一份警方报告，9月27日，奇马奥比姆·阿德达约·伊博杰克韦在哈里斯堡郊区一条住宅街上的一个公共公园旁停放可疑车辆的报警后，被东彭斯伯勒镇的一名警官逮捕。
According to a police report obtained by The Associated Press, Chimaobim Adedayo Igbojekwe was arrested by an East Pennsboro Township police officer on Sept. 27 after a report of a suspicious vehicle parked next to a public park on a residential street in the Harrisburg suburb.
这名警官在报告中写道，当伊博杰克韦开门与警官交谈时，他注意到伊博杰克韦“生殖器暴露在外”。伊博杰克韦告诉警官，他“在附近工作，正在等待为贾内尔·斯特尔逊的政治竞选活动发放传单”。警官写道，伊博杰克韦出示了一叠传单。目前尚不清楚该男子是否作为其他组织的付费拉票人员工作。
The officer wrote that, when Igbojekwe opened the door to talk to the officer, he noticed that Igbojekwe’s “genitals were exposed.”Igbojekwe told the officer he was “in the neighborhood for work and that he was waiting to hand out flyers for Janelle Stelson’s political campaign,” according to the report. Igbojekwe produced a stack of flyers, the officer wrote. It’s not clear whether the man was working as a paid canvasser for another organization.
伊博杰克韦被指控犯有寻衅滋事和猥亵暴露罪。法院记录显示，他对寻衅滋事罪表示认罪，随后被美国移民及海关执法局（ICE）逮捕。
Igbojekwe was charged with disorderly conduct and indecent exposure. He pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, courts records say, and later was arrested by ICE.
国土安全部表示，伊博杰克韦于2017年合法入境，但停留时间超过了其“授权期限”。2021年，他获得了乔·拜登总统政府的暂缓遣逐（Deferred Action）。伊博杰克韦的公设辩护人未就此案的电话进行回复。关注马克·利维请访问
Homeland Security said Igbojekwe entered the country legally in 2017 but remained past his “authorized period.”He was granted deferred action by President Joe Biden’s administration in 2021. Igbojekwe’s public defender did not return a call about the case. Follow Marc Levy at