一份新的报告显示，斯蒂芬·米勒(Stephen Miller)推动美国移民和海关执法局(ICE)在一家难民机构安插特工，试图将孤身移民儿童的父母作为驱逐对象。
华盛顿邮报报道称，根据特朗普现任和前任政府六名官员的说法，白宫试图在难民安置办公室(ORR)安置移民归化局代理人，作为无人陪伴外国儿童(UAC)方案的一部分，该办公室负责照顾那些在没有父母陪伴的情况下越境的移民儿童。
该计划并未公开披露，但据该报报道，该计划是由白宫高级政策顾问米勒起草的，他是唐纳德·特朗普总统最具争议性的移民政策(包括将移民儿童与其父母分开的“零容忍”政策)背后的设计师。
根据张贴米勒早就声称奥尔正被雇佣走私者将他们的孩子非法带入美国的父母利用。三名熟悉米勒计划的官员表示，这是他拆除移民归化局和难民计划之间障碍的更广泛努力的一部分。白宫已被联系置评。
美国卫生和公众服务部(HHS)负责监督奥尔的高级官员最终拒绝了米勒的计划张贴报道。然而，他们允许移民归化局的特工从试图申请政府庇护所的移民儿童监护权的成年人那里收集指纹和其他生物特征数据。
2018年6月22日，斯蒂芬·米勒和唐纳德·特朗普总统在白宫旁边的南法庭礼堂举行移民活动。据《华盛顿邮报》报道，六名现任和前任特朗普政府官员称，米勒试图在难民安置办公室安置移民归化局特工。曼德尔·恩甘/法新社通过盖蒂图像
根据张贴如果这些成年人不被允许监护这些孩子，他们的数据可能会被用来针对他们进行逮捕和驱逐——这似乎违反了禁止使用难民计划来执行驱逐的法律。
但官员们坚持认为，被剥夺子女监护权的成年人将失去“赞助商”或“潜在赞助商”的身份，并有资格被洲际交易所特工逮捕。
洲际交易所和HHS官员表示，与移民执法人员共享的信息将用于检查这些成年人是否有犯罪记录或其他“危险信号”张贴报道。
洲际交易所发言人布莱恩·考克斯告诉该报，洲际交易所将帮助HHS确保儿童在“彻底审查”之前不会被移交给赞助商考克斯还为该项目的合法性辩护，称如果潜在赞助商的申请被拒绝，他们将不再被视为赞助商或潜在赞助商，因此将被逮捕。
他承认，该计划可能会让儿童在政府收容所呆更长时间，但仍坚持彻底筛查“应该优先于安置速度，否则最终可能会对儿童造成不安全的环境。”以下信息图由提供Statista，显示了ICE拘留移民最多的州。
HHS发言人马克·韦伯告诉记者张贴目前没有移民归化局的代理人驻扎在奥尔，也没有将他们安置在该局的“计划”。已联系洲际交易所和汇丰证券寻求更多意见。
奥尔的最新数据显示，从10月份开始，大约有4200名儿童由政府照顾。根据今年9月的数据，无人陪伴的移民儿童平均在奥尔监管下度过了57天。这一数字低于去年11月93天的高点。
STEPHEN MILLER PUSHED TO EMBED ICE AGENTS IN REFUGEE AGENCY TO TARGET PARENTS OF UNACCOMPANIED MIGRANT CHILDREN FOR DEPORTATION: REPORT
Stephen Miller pushed to embed agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a refugee agency in a bid to target the parents of unaccompanied migrant children for deportation, a new report has revealed.
The Washington Post reported that according to six current and former Trump administration officials, the White House sought to plant ICE agents at the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which cares for migrant children who cross the border without a parent as part of the The Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) Program.
The plan was not publicly revealed, but according to the newspaper, it was crafted by Miller, a White House senior policy advisor who has been the architect behind some of President Donald Trump's most controversial immigration policies, including the "zero tolerance" policy that separated migrant children from their parents.
According to the Post, Miller has long claimed that the ORR is being exploited by parents who hire smugglers to bring their children into the U.S. illegally. Three officials familiar with Miller's plan said it was part of his wider effort to dismantle the barriers between ICE and the refugee program. The White House has been contacted for comment.
Senior officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which oversees the ORR, ultimately rejected Miller's plan, the Post reported. However, they allowed ICE agents to collect fingerprints and other biometric data from adults attempting to claim custody of migrant children staying at government shelters.
Stephen Miller is seen during an immigration event with President Donald Trump in the South Court Auditorium, next to the White House, on June 22, 2018. According to six current and former Trump administration officials, Miller sought to plant ICE agents at the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), as reported by The Washington Post.
According to the Post, if those adults aren't permitted to take custody of the children, their data could be used to target them for arrest and deportation—which appears to go against laws that prohibit the use of refugee programs for deportation enforcement.
But officials have insisted that adults who are denied custody of their children lose their status as "sponsors" or "potential sponsors" and are eligible for arrest by ICE agents.
ICE and HHS officials say the information shared with immigration enforcement agents would be used to check if the adults had a criminal record or other "red flags," the Post reported.
ICE spokesman Bryan Cox told the newspaper that ICE would help HHS ensure children are not handed over to sponsors until they have been "thoroughly vetted." Cox also defended the program's legality, saying that if a potential sponsor's application is denied, then they are no longer considered a sponsor or potential sponsor and therefore open to arrest.
He acknowledged that the program could leave children in government shelters for longer, but maintained thorough screening "should take precedence over speed of placement to what may ultimately be an unsafe environment for the child." The infographic below, provided by Statista, shows the states where ICE detains the most migrants.
HHS spokesman Mark Weber told the Post that no ICE agents are currently stationed with the ORR and there are "no plans" for them to be placed at the agency. ICE and HSS have been contacted for additional comment.
The latest data from the ORR, from October, said approximately 4,200 children were in the care of the government. Unaccompanied migrant children spent an average 57 days in ORR custody, according to data from September this year. That figure was down from a recent high of 93 days in November last year.
