2026-09-02 22:17:52 UTC / 路透社
作者：丹·罗森茨威格-齐夫与克里斯蒂娜·库克
2026年9月2日 世界标准时间22:17 更新于1小时前
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2026年2月20日，美国华盛顿特区司法部大楼外悬挂着美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的横幅。路透社/肯·塞德诺/档案照片
- 内容摘要
- 企业
- 司法部意见要求所有州级机构向国土安全部上报非法移民
- 不配合可能导致其失去TANF和SSI福利项目资金
- 该意见对联邦机构具有约束力，但大概率会面临法律挑战
华盛顿9月2日（路透社）——根据周三发布的一份法律意见，美国司法部警告各州，若不将州级机构已知的所有非法入境移民上报，将面临数十亿美元福利资金被削减的风险。
这一重大转变将加大各州配合本届政府移民打压行动的压力，司法部法律顾问办公室表示，接受两项关键福利项目资金的所有州，必须向国土安全部上报在美国境内非法居留的人员。
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此前，仅有负责管理这些项目资金的州级机构需要上报此类信息。而包括大学和机动车管理部门在内的其他可能知晓非法移民情况的州级机构则无需上报。
签署该意见的司法部副助理部长约书亚·克拉多克在一份声明中表示：“不配合可能会导致严重后果，包括失去项目资金。”
自2025年1月就职以来，唐纳德·特朗普总统已对合法与非法移民展开全面打压，包括在全美各地城市部署移民执法人员，并日益加强与州和地方执法部门及外部公司的合作，以追踪违反移民法规者。
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本届政府多次试图惩罚那些试图限制与联邦移民执法部门合作的州。
这一政策调整可能会遭到民主党州政府的法律挑战，此前这些州已提起诉讼，阻止国土安全部获取根据其中一项项目——贫困家庭临时援助计划——领取资金人员的个人信息。
法院也曾限制特朗普政府其他要求向国土安全部共享移民信息的举措，不过在部分案件中，法官允许移民当局获取某些特定信息，如医疗补助计划数据。
美国所有50个州、哥伦比亚特区以及众多美国领地均可获得这两项项目的资金，其中包括补充保障收入。路透社联系了8位州总检察长，他们未立即回应置评请求，未说明将如何应对这一政策。
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联邦贫困家庭临时援助计划年度拨款超过165亿美元，联邦补充保障收入年度福利金超过600亿美元。非法移民无权享受这两项项目。
在司法部的这份意见中，克拉多克表示，1998年出台的旧规则错误地缩小了1996年《个人责任与工作机会和解法案》的适用范围，该法案将“州”一词定义为特定的州级机构，而非州政府内的所有机构。这份意见并非法律，但对联邦机构具有约束力。
各州可能知晓境内数百万名无合法移民身份的人员——至少有19个州和哥伦比亚特区允许非法移民获取驾照，而许多州立大学也录取此类学生。
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Trump’s DOJ threatens to cut aid to states unless they report migrants without legal status
2026-09-02 22:17:52 UTC / Reuters
By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff and Kristina Cooke
September 2, 2026 10:17 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
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A banner depicting U.S. President Donald Trump is put up on the Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 20, 2026. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
- Summary
- Companies
- DOJ opinion says all state agencies must report to DHS any immigrants without legal status
- Noncompliance may lead to loss of funding for TANF and SSI welfare programs
- Opinion is binding on federal agencies but likely to face legal challenges
WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department warned that states risk losing billions of dollars in welfare funding if they do not report all immigrants known to state agencies who are in the country illegally, according to a legal opinion released on Wednesday.
In a major shift that would increase pressure on states to comply with the administration’s immigration crackdown, the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel said all states that receive funding for two key welfare programs must report people unlawfully present in the U.S. to the Department of Homeland Security.
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Previously, only the state agencies that administered the funding for those programs had to do so. Other state agencies that might know of such immigrants, including universities and departments of motor vehicles, did not.
“Failure to comply may lead to serious consequences, including loss of program funding,” Deputy Assistant Attorney General Joshua Craddock, who signed the opinion, said in a statement.
Since taking office in January 2025, President Donald Trump has carried out a sweeping crackdown on both legal and illegal immigration, including deploying immigration agents into cities around the country and increasingly partnering with state and local law enforcement and outside companies to track down immigration violators.
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The administration has repeatedly sought to penalize states that have tried to limit their cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
The change could face legal challenges from Democratic states, which have already sued to block DHS from seeing personal details of people receiving funds under one of the programs, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
Courts have also limited other Trump administration efforts requiring the sharing of information on immigrants with DHS, although in some cases judges allowed immigration authorities to receive certain information, such as Medicaid data.
All 50 states, the District of Columbia and many U.S. territories receive funding from the two programs, which include Supplemental Security Income. Reuters contacted eight state attorneys general, who did not immediately reply to requests for comment on how they might respond.
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Federal TANF grants exceed $16.5 billion annually, and SSI federal benefits exceed $60 billion annually. Immigrants without legal status are not eligible for either program.
In the DOJ opinion, which is not law but is binding on federal agencies, Craddock said the previous rule, issued in 1998, wrongly narrowed the scope of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act by using the word “State” to mean a specific state agency, rather than every agency in a state government.
States could have knowledge of millions of people without legal immigration status inside their borders — at least 19 states and Washington, D.C., allow immigrants without lawful status to obtain driver’s licenses, while many state universities also admit such students.
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Reporting by Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff in Washington, D.C. and Kristina Cooke in San Francisco; Editing by Michael Learmonth and Edmund Klamann
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