一一名美国公民面临被驱逐出境——和他绿卡持有家庭的几名成员一起——他们说这是唐纳德·特朗普总统及其政府对穆斯林实施“集体惩罚”的不公正企图。
所有住在纽约的尤拉家族的五名成员告诉记者卫报他们从未犯过任何罪行，也没有合法地从孟加拉国移民到美国，但是当家庭的另一个成员——Akayed Ullah2017年因涉嫌若干恐怖主义罪行被捕。
28岁的阿凯德制造了一枚自制管状炸弹，并于当年12月试图在繁忙的纽约地铁引爆。然而，袭击失败了，他是唯一受伤的人，手和腹部都有轻微烧伤。据美国司法部称，他去年被定罪，2020年2月被判刑时面临终身监禁。
这家人坚称，他们与袭击未遂没有任何关系，执法人员已经清除了他们的任何不当行为。
尽管如此，这家人说纽约警察局的警车开始出现在他们经常去的地方附近，联邦调查局搁置了他们的银行账户和营业执照。
32岁的阿赫桑尤拉是第一批到达美国的家庭成员之一，后来他获得了美国公民身份，并于2019年4月收到了美国公民和移民服务局(USCIS)的一封信。它指出，该机构计划取消他的公民身份，理由是这不是合法获得的。
上个月，他被安置在新泽西州卡尼的移民和海关执法局拘留中心，与妻子和三个孩子分居四周。
他告诉我卫报在医院打来的电话中，他对自己受到的待遇感到惊讶。
“我从小就在美国[——我的学校在这里，我的大学在这里，我的家人在这里，我的生意在这里，我的朋友在这里，我的事业在这里，”他说。“这是我的一切所在。”
他补充道:“我纳税，我从未做错任何事，我努力成为模范公民，我现在被拘留在[。”
阿赫桑说，对他的拘留相当于“集体惩罚”。
“这是对与被指控恐怖主义的人分享相同基因的报复”，他补充道。
阿赫桑家的成员也收到了国土安全部(DHS)的来信，信中称国土安全部打算吊销他们的绿卡。11月6日，阿赫桑的母亲和妹妹也被拘留了两天。
阿赫桑22岁的妹妹阿夫亚·乌拉和她谈过话卫报她被释放的那天。
“经过这么长时间，我们[已经]在精神上和身体上与这个国家建立了联系，并且非常热爱这个国家，”她说。"你怎么能这样否认一个人？"
倡导组织“德西崛起与移动”的执行主任法赫德·艾哈迈德说，对家庭的袭击是一个日益增长的趋势的一部分。
“公民身份对许多不是在这里出生的人来说是永久有条件的，”他说。
“当我们在政府和社会中看到一股白人民族主义潮流，希望从这个国家减少有色人种社区的人口时，这些案例表明了他们的策略和攻击是如何演变的。”
美国公民有权永远生活在这个国家，不管他们是否犯罪。绿卡持有者可以在美国居住，只要他们的绿卡有效，并且他们没有犯下任何作为驱逐理由的罪行。
新闻周刊已经联系了国土安全部公民及移民服务局(USCIS)和移民及海关执法局(ICE)——征求意见。
FAMILY OF CONVICTED NEW YORK PIPE BOMB DETONATOR FACING DEPORTATION AS UNJUST 'COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT,' THEY SAY
AUnited States citizen is facing deportation—alongside several members of his green-card holding family—in what they say is an unjust attempt by President Donald Trump and his administration to mete out "collective punishment" on Muslims.
The five members of the Ullah family in question, who all live in New York, told The Guardian they have never committed any crimes and migrated to the U.S. from Bangladesh legally, but started experiencing problems when another member of the family—Akayed Ullah—was arrested in connection to a number of terrorism offences in 2017.
Akayed, 28, created a home-made pipe bomb and attempted to detonate it in a busy New York City subway in December of that year. However, the attack was botched and he was the only one hurt, sustaining minor burns on his hands and abdomen. He was convicted last year, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, and faces life in prison when sentenced in February 2020.
The family maintained they had nothing to do with the attempted attack and law enforcement officials have cleared them of any wrongdoing.
Nonetheless, the family said New York Police Department squad cars started appearing near places they frequented and that the FBI placed their bank accounts and business licences on hold.
Ahsan Ullah, 32, one of the first members of the family to arrive in the U.S. and who has since received his citizenship, then received a letter from Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in April 2019. It stated that the agency planned to cancel his citizenship on the grounds it was not lawfully obtained.
He was then placed in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Kearny, New Jersey, last month and spent four weeks separated from his wife and three children.
He told The Guardian in a phone call from the facility he was surprised by the way he had been treated.
"I've been here [in the U.S.] since I was a kid—my school is here, my college is here, my family is here, my business is here, my friends are here, my career is here," he said. "This is where my everything is."
He added: "I pay my taxes, I've never done anything wrong, I try to be a model citizen, and I'm here [in detention]."
Ahsan said his detention amounted to "collective punishment".
"This is retribution for sharing the same DNA" as someone accused of terrorism, he added.
Members of Ahsan's family also received letters from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stating that the department intended to revoke their green cards. On November 6, Ahsan's mother and sister were also detained for two days.
Afya Ullah, Ahsan's 22-year-old sister, spoke to The Guardian on the day she was released.
"After all this time, we [had] mentally and physically bonded with this country, and love this country so much," she said. "How can you disown a person just like that?"
Fahd Ahmed, executive director of the advocacy group Desis Rising Up and Moving, said the attack on the family was part of an increasing trend.CBP Knew About 'Game Of Smiles' Sexual Assault Claims, But Did Nothing
"At a time when we are seeing a white nationalist current in government and society that wants to depopulate communities of color from this country, these cases are an indication of how their tactics and attacks are evolving."
U.S. citizens have the right to live in the country forever, regardless if they commit crimes. Green-card holders are allowed to live in the United States for as long as their green card is valid and they do not commit any crimes that are grounds for deportation.
Newsweek has contacted the Department of Homeland Security—which heads
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)—for comment.
