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致美国移民律师协会的这封信标志着执法目标从移民转向代理他们的律师
作者：查尔斯·克赖茨，福克斯新闻
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随着特朗普政府打击虚假庇护申请，并试图推翻拜登政府的开放边境政策，美国国土安全部向一个大型移民律师联盟发出了警告。
这封警告信标志着国土安全部的策略升级：除了针对非法移民、有问题的寻求庇护者或绿卡持有者外，还将矛头指向代理这些人并试图帮助他们留在美国的律师。
“庇护旨在为因受政府基于受保护理由的迫害而逃离本国的外国人提供保护，”詹姆斯·珀西瓦尔周三在致美国移民律师协会（AILA）的信中警告道。
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“要获得庇护资格，外国人必须证明自己符合《美国法典》第8卷第1101(a)(42)(A)条定义的‘难民’，即因种族、宗教、国籍、特定社会群体成员身份或政治观点而遭受迫害或有合理依据畏惧迫害，从而无法或不愿返回本国。”
珀西瓦尔表示，庇护是自由裁量权范畴，并非所有认为自己在本国遭到针对的人都能获得，即便他们符合资格要求。
“我们已经说得非常清楚：如果移民律师为客户实施欺诈，这些律师将被处以罚款，”珀西瓦尔周四对福克斯新闻数字频道表示。
他警告称，庇护案件的积压情况日益严重，堵塞了移民法院系统，并警告美国移民律师协会不要加剧这一问题，否则将面临相应后果。
“提交无意义的庇护申请通常会使外国人永久丧失获得大多数救济形式和其他移民福利的资格……国土安全部将全力追究所有从事此类行为者的一切可用法律救济手段，”珀西瓦尔在信中警告。
“我们现在必须恢复移民框架的秩序和问责制，否则我们有可能摧毁那些最需要它的人的人道主义安全网。”
2025年，唐纳德·特朗普总统在向国土安全部和司法部发布的指令中对“猖獗的欺诈和无价值索赔”表示担忧后，美国移民律师协会曾批评特朗普。
美国移民律师协会官员称这封信“令人不寒而栗”，并否认其会员从事无意义的诉讼或不当行为。
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系美国移民律师协会寻求进一步置评。
珀西瓦尔周三写道，寻求庇护者所遭受的迫害必须是“国家行为者”实施的，才能被美国移民系统受理，同时补充称，当庇护者的政府不愿或无法对抗迫害时，针对庇护者的私人行为可能被认定为有效。
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但他表示，这一例外情形门槛很高，似乎是在抨击伊利诺伊州领导人应对该州持续存在的犯罪问题不力。
“[这]需要非同寻常的举证，因为像芝加哥这样犯罪猖獗城市的居民很容易声称政府无法或不愿控制私人行为者。要达到政府‘无法或不愿’控制非国家行为者的高法律门槛，外国人必须证明本国政府从根本上违反了对其公民提供保护的基本义务，”珀西瓦尔说道。
国土安全部指示移民海关执法局律师尽早驳回法律依据不足的庇护索赔
边境移民。（马里奥·塔马/盖蒂图片社）
近年来，许多越境者来自中美洲和南美洲，珀西瓦尔指出，大多数西半球国家的局势不足以达到现行政策下合法入境美国的标准。
“近期趋势显示，在西半球境内非法移民的人，通常并非为了寻求迫害避难所，而是主要出于各种非人道主义因素，包括经济诱因和对移民政策的错误信息，”他说。
他表示，许多此类无价值的索赔被提交，要么是为了阻碍联邦政府驱逐他们，要么是为了获得获得工作许可的理由。
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“缺乏合理法律或事实依据的索赔，以及出于不当动机提交的索赔，都是不当的，将得到相应处理，”他说。
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此次警告发布之际，特朗普政府正 broader范围内在全国范围内打击除非法庇护申请之外的多种涉嫌欺诈行为，包括社会福利欺诈、选举欺诈及其他领域。
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DHS’ top lawyer threatens penalties for attorneys clogging asylum system
September 18, 2026 1:03pm EDT / Fox News
The letter to AILA marks an escalation from targeting immigrants to the attorneys who represent them
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The Department of Homeland Security fired off a warning shot to a major consortium of immigration attorneys as the Trump administration cracks down on fraudulent asylum claims while seeking to roll back the Biden administration’s open-border policies.
The warning letter marks an escalation in DHS’ tactic of targeting illegal immigrants and problematic asylum seekers or green-card holders by also targeting the attorneys who represent them and seek to help them remain in the U.S.
“Asylum offers protection to aliens who have fled their countries due to persecution by the government on account of a protected ground,” James Percival warned the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) on Wednesday.
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“To be eligible for asylum, an alien must show that he is a ‘refugee’ as defined in 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(A), meaning that he is unable or unwilling to return to his country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.”
Percival said asylum is discretionary and not guaranteed for someone who believes they are being targeted in their home country, even if they meet the eligibility requirements.
“We have been abundantly clear: If immigration attorneys commit fraud for their clients, the attorneys will be fined,” Percival told Fox News Digital on Thursday.
He warned of a growing backlog of asylum cases clogging up the immigration court system and warned AILA against exacerbating it, should they then face consequences.
“Filing a frivolous asylum application generally renders an alien permanently ineligible for most forms of relief and other immigration benefits … The Department will vigorously pursue all available remedies against anyone engaging in this conduct,” Percival warned in his letter.
“We must restore order and accountability to our immigration framework now, or we risk dismantling the humanitarian safety net for those who need it most.”
In 2025, AILA previously criticized President Donald Trump after he raised concerns over “rampant fraud and meritless claims” in a directive to DHS and the DOJ.
AILA officials called the missive “chilling” and rejected that their members are engaged in frivolous litigation or conduct.
Fox News Digital reached out to AILA for further comment.
Percival wrote Wednesday that an asylee’s persecution must be committed by a “state actor” to be considered by the U.S. system, while adding that private actions against an asylee are potentially valid when that person’s government acts in a way unwilling to confront the persecution.
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But he said that carve-out is a high bar, appearing to take a shot at Illinois leaders over the state’s persistent crime problems.
“[T]his requires an extraordinary showing, as residents of crime-ridden cities like Chicago could easily claim that the government is unwilling or unable to control private actors. To meet the high legal threshold of the government being ‘unable or unwilling’ to control the non-state actor, the alien must establish that the home government has fundamentally breached its basic duty of protection to its citizens,” Percival said.
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Migrants at the border.(Mario Tama/Getty Images)
With many of the border-crossers in recent years coming from Central and South America, Percival indicated that conditions in most Western Hemisphere countries are not extreme enough to warrant a legitimate basis for entry into the U.S. under current policy.
“Recent trends show that individuals who illegally migrate within the Western Hemisphere generally do so not because they seek a safe haven from persecution but instead primarily due to a variety of non-humanitarian factors, including economic incentives and misinformation about migration policies,” he said.
He said many such meritless claims are filed to either stifle the ability for the feds to deport them or to secure grounds on which to obtain work permits.
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“Claims that lack a reasonable legal or factual basis and claims filed with an improper motive are improper and will be dealt with accordingly,” he said.
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The warning comes as the Trump administration, more broadly, is conducting nationwide crackdowns on multiple forms of alleged fraud beyond illegitimate asylum claims, including social services fraud, election fraud and other areas.
Born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, worked in both the New York and Washington bureaus for Fox News since 2013.
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