纽约三位最高民选官员周四在被问及众议院司法委员会一份报告时显得惊讶，该报告指控当地检察官故意降低对非公民的指控，以保护他们免遭驱逐。
Three of New York’s top elected officials appeared surprised Thursday when pressed about a House Judiciary Committee report alleging local prosecutors intentionally downgraded charges against noncitizens to protect them from deportation.
在曼哈顿的一次新闻发布会上，纽约州检察长莉蒂夏·詹姆斯、皇后区检察官梅琳达·卡茨和布鲁克林检察官埃里克·冈萨雷斯面临提问，关于市检察官篡改或减轻指控以帮助非公民避免触发驱逐的定罪的指控。
During a Manhattan press conference, New York Attorney General Letitia James, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez faced questions regarding claims that city prosecutors altered or reduced charges to help noncitizens avoid convictions that would trigger removal.
“你们中有谁下令检察官降低枪支指控，以让非法移民留在美国，正如司法委员会报告所称？”一名记者问道。据《纽约邮报》报道，卡茨举起双手耸了耸肩以作回应。
"Did any of you order prosecutors to downgrade gun charges to keep illegal immigrants in the U. S., per the Judiciary Committee report?" a reporter asked. Katz threw her hands up and shrugged in response, the New York Post reported.
“我们的回答不得不这样，”卡茨说道，随后一名发言人打断会场，要求“提问其他相关问题”，并推进新闻发布会进程。
"Our answer couldn’t help it," Katz said, before a speaker redirected the room, asking for "any other on-topic questions" and moving the news conference along.
“我们依法对任何非法持枪被告提起最高可能的指控，”卡茨办公室的一位发言人告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
"We charge any defendant with an illegal firearm with the highest possible charge under the law," a spokesperson for Katz's office told Fox News Digital.
此次新闻发布会上的交锋发生在一份22页的国会报告发布之后，该报告详述了纽约市各检察官办公室普遍存在的做法。
The news conference exchange followed the release of a 22-page congressional report detailing widespread practices across New York City prosecutors' offices.
根据该文件，卡茨办公室聘用一名“移民专家”协助谈判“移民安全”的认罪协议并减轻过往定罪。
According to the document, Katz's office employs an "Immigration Specialist" to help negotiate "immigration-safe" plea deals and reduce past convictions.
报告还引用了曼哈顿检察官阿尔文·布拉格2022年的一份备忘录，据称指示检察官寻求避免所有轻罪和非监禁重罪带来驱逐后果的处理结果。
The report also cited a 2022 memorandum from Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg allegedly instructing prosecutors to seek dispositions that avoid deportation consequences for all misdemeanors and non-carceral felonies.
此外，报告称布朗克斯区检察官达塞尔·克拉克的办公室培训检察官进行“移民意识认罪协商”。这包括提供不导致驱逐的罪名、避免加重重罪指控，以及使用假设性或“法律上不可能”的指控，例如“企图鲁莽袭击”，此类指控缺乏法律上的故意要求。
In addition, the report states that the office of Bronx DA Darcel Clark trains prosecutors in "Immigration-Conscious Plea Bargaining." That includes offering non-deportable offenses, avoiding aggravated felony charges and using hypothetical or "legally impossible" charges, such as "attempted reckless assault," which lack legal intent requirements.
据称，检察官还被指示在官方定罪记录中省略关键细节，例如涉枪情况、家庭关系或未成年受害者的年龄，以防止联邦移民当局将其作为驱逐出境的理由。
Prosecutors were also allegedly instructed to omit critical details from official conviction records, such as gun involvement, domestic relationships or the age of minor victims, to prevent federal immigration authorities from using them as grounds for removal.
新闻发布会结束后，卡茨的一名发言人联系了《纽约邮报》，否认在武器案件中曾给予过宽大处理。
After the news conference, a spokesperson for Katz reached out to the Post to deny that leniency is ever shown in weapons cases.
“我们依法对任何非法持枪被告提起最高可能的指控，”该发言人表示。
"We charge any defendant with an illegal firearm with the highest possible charge under the law," the spokesperson said.
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系纽约市其他四位地区检察官办公室置评。
Fox News Digital has reached out to the other four New York city district attorneys' offices for comment.