美司法部長塞申斯宣佈對非法入境“零容忍”政策
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday announced a "zero-tolerance" policy for illegal entry into the United States, instructing all federal prosecutors along the southern border to prioritize the prosecution of criminal immigration cases referred to by the Department of Homeland Security.
In a memo released on Friday, Sessions urged U.S. Attorneys in the border states of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas, "to adopt immediately a zero-tolerance policy for all offenses referred for prosecution" under laws that make it a crime to enter the United States without proper documents.
"This zero-tolerance policy shall supersede any existing policies," Sessions wrote. "If adopting such a policy requires additional resources, each office shall identify and request such additional resources."
In making the announcement, Sessions cited Department of Homeland Security data released Thursday showing a 203 percent increase in illegal border crossings from March 2017 to March 2018 and a 37 percent increase from February to March of this year -- the largest month-to-month rise in seven years after period when crossings had fallen off.
The announcement came a day after President Donald Trump said he would deploy 2,000 to 4,000 National Guard troops to secure the border.
Trump said he would keep the troops there until a border wall is built to keep out illegal border crossers.
But his administration is continuing to work with governors of the four border states on deals that would allow the Guard to be deployed. The National Guard is a force of reserve soldiers under the auspices of the states.美國司法部長塞申斯星期五宣佈了對非法入境美國的“零容忍”政策。他指示所有南部邊界一代的聯邦檢察官把起訴國土安全部轉交的移民刑事案當作重點。
塞申斯在星期五公佈的備忘錄中敦促亞利桑那、加利福尼亞、新墨西哥和德克薩斯四個邊界州的聯邦檢察官對依照有關法律而交送起訴的所有罪行，“立即採取零容忍政策”。這些法律把未持適當文件而入境美國視爲犯罪。
塞申斯寫道：“這項零容忍政策須優於任何現行政策。如果採取這樣的政策需要額外資源，各辦公室須指明並索取這樣的額外資源。”
塞申斯宣佈這項決定時，引用了國土安全部星期四公佈的數據。數據顯示，2017年3月到2018年3月，非法越境上升了203%，從今年2月到3月，這一數字上升了37%，在非法越境減少了一段時期後，這是七年來最大的單月增幅。
在塞申斯宣佈這一決定的一天前，川普總統說，他將派遣2千到4千名國民警衛隊員，保護美墨邊界。
川普說，在防堵非法移民入境的界牆建起之前，他會讓這些部隊一直留在那裏。
但是川普政府仍在繼續與四個邊界州的州長談判，以達成允許部署國民警衛隊的協議。國民警衛隊是美國軍隊的預備役組成部分，平時由各州指揮。
