菲律宾周四表示乐观，认为民主党在中期选举中大获全胜，将促使美国对唐纳德·特朗普总统日益强硬的移民打击政策采取“不同的做法”，该政策已波及许多菲律宾人。
The Philippines on Thursday voiced optimism that the Democratic Party’s resounding midterm election win would prompt the United States to adopt “a different approach” to President Donald Trump’s hardening immigration crackdown that has ensnared many Filipinos.
特朗普的共和党在周二的选举中惨败，民主党夺得美国国会两院控制权，获得立法权力以制衡其政策。
Trump’s Republican Party was routed in Tuesday’s polls, with the Democrats taking control of both houses of the US Congress and gaining legislative power to check his policies.
这次惨败让马尼拉驻华盛顿大使何塞·曼努埃尔·罗穆阿尔德斯看到了希望，他表示，美国移民规则可能发生的变化“肯定”会缓解签证身份存疑的菲律宾人的担忧。
The drubbing has given hope to Jose Manuel Romualdez, Manila’s envoy to Washington, who said potential changes to the US immigration rules would “definitely” ease the concerns of Filipinos with questionable visa status.
罗穆阿尔德斯在一档广播节目中说：“一些影响我们的政策，包括移民，可能会有一些变化，因为民主党一直在推动一种不同的做法，特别是在拘留和逮捕美国非法外国人方面”，他指的是政府用来描述无证移民的术语。
“Some of the policies that affect us, including immigration, there could be some changes because the Democrats have been pushing for a different approach, especially in the detention and the arrest of illegal aliens in the United States,” Romualdez said on a radio show, referring to the term used by the government to describe undocumented immigrants.
大使对Super Radyo DZBB电台表示：“希望会是另一种做法，也许吧。但我们将拭目以待。”
The ambassador told Super Radyo DZBB that “hopefully it would be a different kind of approach, maybe. But we will see what happens”.
罗穆阿尔德斯说，菲律宾驻华盛顿大使馆正在与国土安全部密切合作，帮助受影响的菲律宾人。
Romualdez said the Philippine embassy in Washington was working closely with the Department of Homeland Security to help affected Filipinos.
他早前曾敦促无证菲律宾人自愿离开美国，以避免卷入移民与海关执法局（ICE）实施的执法风暴。
He earlier urged undocumented Filipinos to leave the US voluntarily to avoid getting caught in the enforcement blitz carried out by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
美国近几个月加大了移民打击力度，逮捕、驱逐并关押人们在拘留中心，其中包括获准留在该国的人。
The US has ramped up its immigration clampdown in recent months, arresting, deporting and holding people in detention centres, including those allowed to stay in the country.
根据“驱逐数据项目”，7月ICE特工拘留了49,571人，比一个月前的43,021人增加了15%。
According to the Deportation Data Project, ICE agents took 49,571 people into custody in July, a 15 per cent rise from 43,021 arrests a month earlier.
许多菲律宾绿卡持有者也在为期数月的全国性行动中被捕，这些行动主导了中期选举的竞选活动，一些民主党候选人呼吁解散移民与海关执法局（ICE）。
Many Filipino green card holders were also rounded up during the months-long nationwide operations that dominated the midterm campaigning, where some Democratic contestants called for ICE to be dismantled.
民权团体表示，ICE特工甚至在选举日于亚利桑那州投票中心附近的一次突击行动中逮捕了五名无证移民，这“向选民传递了一种恐吓信息”。
ICE agents even arrested five undocumented immigrants on election day near polling centres in Arizona during a raid that civil rights groups said “sends a message of intimidation for voters”.
9月，一名患癌的菲律宾男子在拘留中心被关押两个多月后，因“人道主义理由”获释。他在申请入籍时因菲律宾的一项旧刑事指控在美国被捕。
In September, a cancer-stricken Filipino man was released on “humanitarian grounds” after spending more than two months at a detention centre. He was arrested in the US on an old criminal charge from the Philippines while applying for citizenship.
他的案件还引来移民权益团体的指控，称菲律宾大使馆和领事馆官员未能为海外公民提供足够帮助。
His case also drew accusations from migrant advocacy groups that Philippine embassy and consulate officials failed to provide adequate help to citizens abroad.
菲律宾外交使团建议菲律宾人咨询合格的美国移民律师，“以获得适合其个人情况的建议”。
The diplomatic mission told Filipinos to consult a qualified US immigration lawyer “for advice appropriate to their individual circumstances”.
周二赢得选举的一些民主党人提议解散ICE，并终止对拘留和驱逐行动的资助。
Some Democrats who won Tuesday’s election have proposed to disband ICE and end funding for detention and deportation operations.
据《拉丁时报》报道，阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德在密歇根州初选期间表示：“你无法改革ICE，无法重新培训ICE，你必须废除ICE。”他在击败共和党人迈克·罗杰斯后，将成为美国首位穆斯林参议员。
“You can’t reform ICE, you can’t retrain ICE, you have to abolish ICE,” Abdul El-Sayed said during the primary in Michigan, Latin Times reported. He will become the first US Muslim senator after defeating Republican Mike Rogers.
国际特赦组织也呼应了这位当选参议员的要求。该组织在9月的一份声明中说：“为了让美国政府拥有一个符合国际人权法和标准的移民执法体系，必须废除ICE并重新开始。”南华早报亚洲编辑部
Amnesty International also echoed the senator-elect’s demand. “For the US government to have an immigration enforcement system that complies with international human rights law and standards, ICE needs to be abolished and we need to start over,” it said in a September statement. By SCMP’s Asia desk