2026年6月11日 / 美国东部时间上午11:42 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
美国司法部周四宣布，已起诉俄亥俄州的三人，指控他们密谋将无人陪伴的未成年人偷运越过美国边境。
代理司法部长托德·布兰奇表示，针对玛丽察·阿苏塞娜·卡韦克·科克、卡洛斯·卡韦克·科克以及另一名被告的起诉书，反映了一个更广泛的问题：诈骗分子常常充当三名及以上无亲属关系的无人陪伴未成年人的“超级担保人”。他称，其中许多儿童随后被贩卖，遭受劳工剥削或性剥削。
布兰奇在新闻发布会上对记者表示：“当政府未能保护我们的边境时，最脆弱的群体将首当其冲受到伤害。”
这份在俄亥俄州北区公开的起诉书指控被告犯有19项罪名，包括共谋鼓励和引诱外国人进入美国、作出虚假陈述、身份盗窃等。
国土安全部部长马克韦恩·马伦指责拜登政府未能对儿童担保人进行背景审查，也未开展健康安全检查，存在失职行为。
他声称：“拜登政府充其量是彻底疏忽，最坏则是涉嫌犯罪”，导致45万名儿童下落不明，并补充称，特朗普政府迄今已找回其中14.6万名儿童。
他补充道，剩余30万名儿童仍下落不明。
不过，马伦和布兰奇均未提及，正计划针对前拜登政府中参与卫生与公众服务部难民救助办公室工作的人员展开刑事起诉。该办公室负责照料无人陪伴的未成年人，直至他们与美国境内的担保人——通常是亲属——取得联系。
“我不会在这个讲台上起诉前任领导层，”布兰奇对记者说道，“但你也不能无视这充其量是极其严重的失职行为。”
司法部、国土安全部和卫生与公众服务部的官员周四表示，他们已确认有超过8.1万个地址被反复用于接收无人陪伴的未成年人。
难民救助办公室代理主任安吉·萨拉萨尔对记者表示，该政府部门还发现超过7.6万起强制安全检查缺失的案例，以及超过9.7万起未进行背景调查的案件。
萨拉萨尔称，身为犯罪受害者的儿童——即使如今已成年——也有资格申请U签证。这类签证通常会颁发给犯罪受害者或向执法部门提供了重大协助的非公民。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-nominates-todd-blanche-his-former-personal-attorney-for-attorney-general/
U.S. charges 3 for alleged smuggling conspiracy involving unaccompanied minors
June 11, 2026 / 11:42 AM EDT / CBS News
The Justice Department announced on Thursday it has charged three people in Ohio for conspiring to smuggle unaccompanied minors across the U.S. border.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the indictment against Maritza Azucena Cahuec Coc, Carlos Cahuec Coc and one other defendant is emblematic of a broader problem, in which fraudsters are often serving as “super sponsors” of three or more unrelated unaccompanied minors. Many of those children are then subsequently trafficked for labor or sex, he said.
“When the government fails to protect our borders, it is the most vulnerable who suffer,” Blanche told reporters at a news conference.
The indictment, unsealed in the Northern District of Ohio, charges the defendants with 19 counts, including conspiracy to encourage and induce an alien to enter the U.S., making false statements, identity theft and more.
Markwayne Mullin, the secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, alleged that the Biden administration was derelict in its duty by failing to vet the sponsors of the children and to conduct wellness checks to ensure their safety.
“The Biden administration, under true neglect at best and criminal at worst,” allowed 450,000 kids to go missing, he alleged, adding that the Trump administration has so far located 146,000.
The remaining 300,000 remain missing, he added.
Mullin and Blanche did not suggest, however, there were any plans underway to target former Biden administration officials who were involved in the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement for criminal prosecution. The ORR is the agency responsible for caring for unaccompanied minors until they can be connected with sponsors in the U.S., typically family members.
“I’m not indicting past leadership right here on this podium,” Blanche told reporters. “But you can also not ignore what was an incredible dereliction of duty at best.”
DOJ, DHS and HHS officials said on Thursday that they have determined there are more than 81,000 of the same addresses used to repeatedly receive unaccompanied minors.
Angie Salazar, the acting director of the ORR, told reporters that the administration also identified more than 76,000 instances where mandatory safety checks were missing, as well as more than 97,000 cases that lacked background checks.
Salazar said that children who are the victims of crime, even those who are now adults, are eligible to apply for a U-visa. The visas are typically granted to noncitizens who are victims of crime or who have provided substantial assistance to law enforcement.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-nominates-todd-blanche-his-former-personal-attorney-for-attorney-general/
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