2026年2月19日 上午6:23 UTC / 路透社
华盛顿，2月18日（路透社） – 根据一份政府备忘录，特朗普政府已向移民官员赋予更广泛的权力，以拘留等待获得绿卡的合法难民，确保他们接受”重新审查”。这一举措显然是总统对合法和非法移民广泛打击行动的一部分。
美国国土安全部在2月18日发布的备忘录中称，难民在进入美国一年后必须返回政府拘留所接受”检查和审查”，该备忘录已提交联邦法院备案。
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“这项拘留和检查要求确保难民在一年后接受重新审查，使入境后的审查与适用于其他入境申请者的审查标准一致，并促进公共安全，”该部门在备忘录中表示。
根据美国法律，难民必须在抵达该国一年后申请合法永久居民身份。新备忘录授权移民当局在重新审查过程中拘留相关人员。
新政策与2010年的早期备忘录形成鲜明对比。2010年的备忘录曾明确表示，未获得合法永久居民身份不应成为驱逐出境的”理由”，也不应成为拘留的”正当理由”。
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国土安全部在正常工作时间外未回应路透社的置评请求。
这一决定遭到了难民权益倡导组织的批评。
阿富汗撤离行动组织（AfghanEvac）主席肖恩·范迪弗（Shawn VanDiver）称这一指示是”对长期政策的鲁莽逆转”，并表示此举”违背了美国合法接纳并承诺保护的人们的信任”。
希伯来移民援助协会（HIAS，前身为Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society）表示，”这一举措将对数千名因逃离暴力和迫害而被美国接纳的人造成严重伤害。”
在唐纳德·特朗普总统任内，移民与海关执法局(ICE)的在押人数本月达到约68,000人，较他去年上任时增加了约75%。
特朗普强硬的移民议程是其2024年竞选的有力武器，帮助他赢得了选举。
今年1月，美国一名联邦法官暂时阻止了特朗普政府针对明尼苏达州约5,600名等待绿卡的合法难民的新政策。
明尼阿波利斯的美国地区法官约翰·通海姆（John Tunheim）在书面裁决中表示，联邦特工逮捕部分难民以进行额外审查的行为可能违反了多项联邦法律。
泰德·赫森（Ted Hesson）、德维卡·奈尔（Devika Nair）、舒布哈姆·卡利亚（Shubham Kalia）和克里斯蒂娜·库克（Kristina Cooke）报道；林肯·菲斯特（Lincoln Feast）编辑。
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Trump administration expands ICE authority to detain refugees
February 19, 2026 6:23 AM UTC / Reuters
WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) – The Trump administration has given immigration officers broader powers to detain legal refugees awaiting a green card to ensure they are “re-vetted,” an apparent expansion of the president’s wide-ranging crackdown on legal and illegal immigration, according to a government memo.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in a memo dated February 18 and submitted in a federal court filing, said refugees must return to government custody for “inspection and examination” a year after their admission into the United States.
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“This detain-and-inspect requirement ensures that refugees are re-vetted after one year, aligns post-admission vetting with that applied to other applicants for admission, and promotes public safety,” the department said in the memo.
Under U.S. law , refugees must apply for lawful permanent resident status one year after their arrival in the country. The new memo authorizes immigration authorities to detain individuals for the duration of the re-inspection process.
The new policy is a shift from the earlier 2010 memorandum, which stated that failure to obtain lawful permanent resident status was not a “basis” for removal from the country and not a “proper basis” for detention.
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The DHS did not respond to a Reuters request for comment outside regular business hours.
The decision has prompted criticism from refugee advocacy groups.
AfghanEvac’s president Shawn VanDiver called the directive “a reckless reversal of long-standing policy” and said it “breaks faith with people the United States lawfully admitted and promised protection.”
HIAS, formerly known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, said the “move will cause grave harm to thousands of people who were welcomed to the United States after fleeing violence and persecution.”
Under President Donald Trump, the number of people in ICE detention reached about 68,000 this month, up about 75% from when he took office last year.
Trump’s hardline immigration agenda was a potent campaign issue that helped him win the 2024 election.
A U.S. judge in January temporarily blocked a recently announced Trump administration policy targeting the roughly 5,600 lawful refugees in Minnesota who are awaiting green cards.
In a written ruling, U.S. District Judge John Tunheim in Minneapolis said federal agents likely violated multiple federal statutes by arresting some of these refugees to subject them to additional vetting.
Reporting by Ted Hesson in Washington, Devika Nair, Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru and Kristina Cooke in San Francisco; editing by Lincoln Feast.
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