超过150个移民权利组织及其盟友组成的联盟呼吁民主党，在该党掌控下一届国会后，削减联邦移民执法机构的资金，并为无证移民创造获得公民身份的途径。这封周一发出、率先由《政客》杂志获得的信函中，这些组织敦促民主党利用其新的国会多数席位，在移民问题上“优先推进大胆议程”，并追究特朗普政府因其移民打压政策所造成混乱的责任。
A coalition of more than 150 immigration rights organizations and allies are calling on Democrats to cut funding for federal immigration enforcement agencies and create a pathway for citizenship when the party takes control of the next Congress. In a letter sent Monday and first shared with Politico, the groups urged Democrats to use their new congressional majorities to “prioritize a bold agenda” on immigration and to hold the Trump administration accountable for the chaos fueled by its immigration crackdown.
这些组织包括美国公民自由联盟、梦想者联合会和国家移民法律中心，它们还希望国会阻止对移民与海关执法局（ICE）和边境巡逻队的额外拨款，直到这些机构的运作方式发生改变。它们还希望追回数十亿美元，这些资金原本通过共和党支持的支出法案拨给国土安全部，并将其重新用于旨在降低美国人成本的项目。“与其解决这些关键问题，特朗普政府却暴力地将移民社区作为替罪羊并进行打击，在此过程中伤害了每一位美国人，”信中写道。
The groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, United We Dream and the National Immigration Law Center, also want Congress to block additional funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol until changes are made to how the agencies operate. They are also looking to recover billions of dollars allocated to the Department of Homeland Security through Republican-backed spending legislation and have it redirected towards programs aimed at lowering costs for Americans. “Instead of addressing these critical issues, the Trump administration has violently scapegoated and targeted immigrant communities, harming every American in the process,” the letter reads.
这些组织要求立法者提出法案，让无证移民能够更顺利地获得永久合法身份，并最终获得公民身份，而不增加更严厉的执法措施或额外的监控。“本届政府对移民社区造成的伤害将影响几代人，”它们在信中写道。这些要求是在民主党在中期选举中赢得国会两院控制权不到一周后提出的，选民在这次选举中对共和党和特朗普政府的领导给出了令人震惊的否决。驱逐出境一直是特朗普第二任期政府的重点关注点，这可能对共和党造成了政治代价。
The groups are asking lawmakers to introduce legislation allowing for smoother pathways for undocumented immigrants to obtain permanent legal status and eventually citizenship, without adding tougher enforcement measures or additional surveillance. “The harms inflicted on immigrant communities by this administration will echo for generations,” they wrote in the letter. The demands come less than a week after Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections, where voters delivered a stunning rebuke of Republicans’ and the Trump administration’s leadership. Deportations, which have been a key focus for the second Trump administration, may have been politically costly for Republicans.
特朗普总统承认，在遭遇重大失利之后，他的移民强硬政策“可能过于严厉”，并且可能在中期选举中损害了共和党。特朗普已表示，他愿意与民主党就移民问题进行谈判，包括为一些长期无证移民提供合法身份的可能途径。但他最近任命移民强硬派史蒂芬·米勒——特朗普驱逐行动和有争议的执法策略的关键设计师——担任白宫幕僚长，可能会使这些努力复杂化。
President Trump conceded that his immigration crackdown “might be too tough” in the wake of the sweeping losses, and that it may have hurt the GOP in the midterms. Trump has signaled that he is open to negotiating with Democrats on immigration, including a possible path to legal status for some longtime undocumented migrants. But his recent appointment of immigration hardliner Stephen Miller — the key architect of Trump’s deportation campaign and controversial enforcement tactics — as White House chief of staff could complicate those efforts.