美国移民与海关执法局（ICE）已在9月24日拘留克什米尔电影制作人阿尔法特·谢赫（Arfat Sheikh）后将其释放。
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency in the United States has released Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh from custody after he was detained on September 24.
根据他的亲友发起的解救行动组织的声明，这位获奖电影制作人于周四获释，距离他获得保释许可仅过去了两天。不过，该组织表示，ICE针对谢赫的驱逐程序仍在继续，下一次听证会定于10月27日举行。
The award-winning filmmaker was released on Thursday, two days after he was granted bond, according to a statement by a campaign of his friends and relatives to free him. However, ICE’s deportation case against Sheikh continues with the next hearing set for October 27, the campaign said.
谢赫的作品主要探讨了他家乡（由印度管辖的克什米尔地区）的冲突问题。他在从加利福尼亚州抵达华盛顿特区杜勒斯国际机场（Dulles International Airport）时被国土安全部（DHS）拘留。
Sheikh, whose work has explored conflict in his native India-administered Kashmir, was detained by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as he disembarked from a plane at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, DC, after arriving from California. The 42-year-old, who lives in Alexandria, Virginia, entered the US on a student visa in 2019 to pursue graduate studies in film at Georgia State University and filed for asylum in 2020.
现年42岁的谢赫居住在弗吉尼亚州亚历山大市，2019年持学生签证进入美国，目的是在乔治亚州立大学攻读电影研究专业的研究生课程，并于2020年提交了庇护申请。该组织称，他的庇护申请仍在审核中，因此他当时被允许在美国工作和生活。
The campaign said he had a pending asylum application and was authorised to work and live in the US. The DHS confirmed on Wednesday that Sheikh had been arrested on September 24 and said he “legally entered the US on a temporary basis and illegally overstayed his lawful admittance”.
国土安全部周三确认，谢赫确实于9月24日被捕，并表示他“是以临时身份合法进入美国的，但后来非法超出了允许的停留期限”。国土安全部还指出，虽然他的庇护申请尚未获得最终批准，但他仍会享有正当的法律程序。
A pending application does not confer legal status in the US, the DHS said, adding he will receive due process. Sheikh’s first feature film, Saffron Kingdom, garnered multiple honours, notably best feature film at the Chicago Filmmakers Awards, Los Angeles Film and Documentary Awards, Melbourne Independent Film Festival, Wake Forest Film Festival and Anatolian International Film Awards.
谢赫的首部长片《Saffron Kingdom》获得了多项荣誉，包括芝加哥电影制作人奖（Chicago Filmmakers Awards）、洛杉矶电影与纪录片奖（Los Angeles Film and Documentary Awards）、墨尔本独立电影节（Melbourne Independent Film Festival）、韦克森林电影节（Wake Forest Film Festival）以及安纳托利亚国际电影节（Anatolian International Film Awards）的最佳长片奖。
In 2025, Sheikh was also recognised with the emerging filmmaker activist award at the Teaneck International Film Festival.
2025年，他还在蒂恩克国际电影节（Teaneck International Film Festival）上获得了“新兴电影制作人奖”。
His detention came amid a surge in the number of ICE arrests across the US, which hit record levels over the summer.
谢赫的被捕事件发生在美国移民与海关执法局逮捕行动激增的背景下：今年夏季，美国的逮捕人数创下了历史新高，7月和8月共发生了约5万起逮捕事件。
About 50,000 arrests were recorded in July and August.
特朗普政府在八月表示，正在“识别并撤销那些以短期访客身份来到美国，却随后申请庇护以永久留居的外国人的非移民签证”。
President Donald Trump’s administration said in August that it was working “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”.