2026-05-28T15:11:57.184Z / 路透社
美国得克萨斯州阿灵顿，2025年8月26日，一名美国移民及海关执法局（ICE）员工的 polo 衫上绣有该局徽章。路透社/谢尔比·陶贝尔 购买授权
波士顿5月28日电（路透社）——特朗普政府提起诉讼，挑战四个由民主党领导的州拒绝向美国移民及海关执法局特工发放卧底车牌的做法，称这些州长期以来一直为其他开展卧底行动的执法机构提供此类车牌。
美国司法部周四表示，已针对缅因州、马萨诸塞州、俄勒冈州和华盛顿州提起诉讼，这些州拒绝撤销相关政策，不让ICE特工使用此类车牌开展逮捕行动，而这是共和党总统唐纳德·特朗普移民打击行动的一部分。
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上述至少两个州——缅因州和马萨诸塞州——的官员此前曾以ICE特工的激进执法策略为由，不愿使用州级资源协助隐蔽的民事移民执法行动。
美国助理司法部长布雷特·舒马特本月早些时候在致州官员的一系列信件中威胁，如果州方不修改政策，将提起诉讼，此次诉讼正是兑现了这一威胁。
司法部辩称，这些州违反美国宪法，非法歧视联邦政府，对ICE和其他美国国土安全部下属机构的待遇，不同于对参与执法的州和地方执法机构的待遇。
司法部表示，这些政策威胁到联邦移民执法人员的安全，使执法人员在执行逮捕任务时面临骚扰、追踪和袭击。
“执法人员每天都冒着生命危险保护美国人的安全，必须能够有效履行职责，”代理美国司法部长托德·布兰奇在一份声明中说道。
缅因州、俄勒冈州和华盛顿州州长的发言人没有立即回应置评请求。马萨诸塞州州长、民主党人莫拉·希利的一名发言人援引了该州政府上周致司法部的一封信，为该州政策辩护。
在这封信中，希利政府称马萨诸塞州机动车管理局的政策是合法的，称该政策不仅适用于联邦机构，也适用于州和地方执法部门，这些机构只能为刑事调查申请此类车牌。
司法部针对马萨诸塞州的诉讼称，早在2025年，包括ICE和美国海关与边境保护局在内的所有联邦机构都能在马萨诸塞州获得保密车辆登记和车牌。
诉讼称，该政策在今年发生了变化，希利政府宣布将不再配合ICE的执法策略。
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Trump administration sues four states for denying ICE undercover license plates
2026-05-28T15:11:57.184Z / Reuters
The badge of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is embroidered on a polo shirt of an ICE employee, in Arlington, Texas, U.S. August 26, 2025. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber Purchase Licensing Rights
BOSTON, May 28 (Reuters) – The Trump administration is suing to challenge four Democratic-led states’ refusal to issue confidential license plates to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, saying they have long provided them to other law enforcement agencies conducting undercover operations.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday said it had filed lawsuits against
Maine
,
Massachusetts
,
Oregon
and
Washington
after they refused to rescind their policies and allow ICE access to such plates to carry out arrests as part of Republican President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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Officials in at least two of those states – Maine and Massachusetts – have previously cited aggressive tactics by ICE agents for not wanting state resources to be used to facilitate covert civil immigration enforcement.
The lawsuits make good on a threat Assistant U.S. Attorney General Brett Shumate had made in a series of letters he sent earlier this month to state officials to sue if they did not alter their policies.
The Justice Department contends the states unlawfully discriminate against the federal government in violation of the U.S. Constitution by treating ICE and other components of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security differently than state and local agencies involved in law enforcement.
The Justice Department said the policies threaten the safety of federal immigration agents, exposing officers to harassment, tracking, and assaults in the performance of their duties while carrying out arrests.
“Law enforcement officers risk their lives every day to keep Americans safe and must be able to carry out their duties effectively,” Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement.
Spokespeople for the governors of Maine, Oregon and Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson for Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, a Democrat, pointed to a letter her administration sent the Justice Department last week defending its policy.
In the letter, Healey’s administration described the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles’ policy as lawful, saying it applied not just to federal agencies but state and local law enforcement as well, who could only obtain such license plates for criminal probes.
The Justice Department in its lawsuit against Massachusetts said that as recently as 2025, all federal agencies including ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection had been able to obtain confidential vehicle registrations and license plates in Massachusetts.
The policy changed this year, according to the lawsuit, with Healey’s administration declaring that it would not enable ICE’s tactics.
Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston, editing by Deepa Babington
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Nate Raymond reports on the federal judiciary and litigation. He can be reached at nate.raymond@thomsonreuters.com.
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