2026年1月21日 / 美国东部时间晚上9:49 / CBS新闻
明尼苏达州一名高级执法官员正在驳斥美国国土安全部反复提出的指控，即该州当局一直将数百名危险罪犯释放到街头，而非移交给联邦移民执法机构。
明尼苏达州惩教部专员保罗·施内尔（Paul Schnell）称这些指控”从根本上是虚假的”，并警告称这种联邦层面的信息传播可能会损害公众对移民执法和公共安全的信任。
“我们与美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）及ICE拘留请求合作，”施内尔在周三接受CBS新闻采访时表示，”作为一项政策，我们长期以来一直这样做。他们怎么能说情况相反，这令人难以置信。”
此前，周二美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）负责执法与遣返行动的代理执行副总监马科斯·查尔斯（Marcos Charles）指责明尼苏达州官员未能将人员移交给联邦拘留机构，并声称全州有超过1,360起待处理的ICE拘留请求。
这些是联邦机构向地方执法部门提出的请求，要求在罪犯刑满释放后拘留其最多48小时，以便ICE决定是否将其拘留并开始驱逐程序。
“最好的解决办法是将他们在监狱或拘留所等安全可控的环境中移交给我们，而不是将他们释放回街头，”查尔斯周二在圣保罗举行的新闻发布会上表示，并警告称这种释放行为使”孩子们上学的社区”面临风险。
但明尼苏达州惩教部专员表示，这种协调移交早已作为政策和州法律的一部分执行多年。施内尔称，其部门在囚犯释放前几周会与ICE定期沟通，以安排在有拘留请求时进行交接。根据明尼苏达州惩教部的数据，2025年有84人从州监狱直接移交给ICE拘留。
为更好地了解这一问题的范围，施内尔称其部门开展了全州调查，发现州监狱中有207人和县级拘留所有94人受到ICE拘留请求约束，总计301人。这与联邦官员提出的1,360人相差甚远。
“我们无法解释这些数字如何吻合，”施内尔表示，”而且没有人坐下来向我们解释。”
施内尔告诉CBS新闻，其机构多次要求国土安全部解释数据差异，但未收到任何显示移交失败或不遵守规定的文件。
“如果我们犯了错误，我们会承认，”他说，”但到目前为止，还没有人向我们展示我们在哪里失败了。”
当被要求对施内尔的言论发表评论时，国土安全部发言人重申了该机构的断言，即明尼苏达州有数以百计的罪犯被释放，全州有1,360人在拘留期间受到ICE的拘留请求约束。
该发言人未回应施内尔提出的数据差异，而是列举了六名国土安全部称在明尼苏达州被释放的有刑事指控或定罪记录的人员，并呼吁州长蒂姆·瓦尔兹（Tim Walz）”承诺遵守所有ICE拘留请求”。
施内尔表示，在某些情况下，是ICE选择不再拘留这些人，而是在联邦监督下或释放到社区。他强调这是联邦当局的决定，而非州政府的决定。
“我们没有将他们释放到社区，”他说，”我们是将他们移交给ICE的。”
施内尔还驳斥了国土安全部定期发布所谓的”最坏案例”名单，该名单突出显示了ICE声称已逮捕的有严重刑事定罪的人员。但施内尔坚持称明尼苏达州惩教部已与ICE协调移交许多此类人员的拘留权，并表示这些名单”在很多情况下是宣传”。他补充说，在多个案例中，联邦当局在拘留这些人后选择将其释放。
“这些人不是在明尼阿波利斯街头被抓的，”他说，”他们被移交给了ICE。之后发生的事情不是我们的决定。”
施内尔承认，县一级对ICE民事拘留请求的遵守情况各不相同，尤其是在包括明尼阿波利斯的亨内平县等大型司法管辖区。但他也强调，惩教部的权限仅限于州监狱系统，而非地方拘留所。
尽管存在严重分歧，施内尔强调，惩教部工作人员与ICE官员之间的日常合作仍然很强。
“在操作层面，工作人员之间的合作完全按应有方式进行，”他说，”这也是为什么我认为他们的工作人员可能同样感到困惑。”
施内尔表示，他现在希望国土安全部高层能直接对话，以协调数据和信息发布，而非进行公开指责。
“准确掌握这些信息符合公共安全的最大利益，”他说，”空谈无法解决问题，事实才能。”
随着移民执法在全国和地方层面持续成为争议焦点，这场纠纷凸显了更深层次的挑战：联邦、州和地方实体在不同权力体系下运作，数据系统不互通，导致各方常常各说各话。
“我们深切关注公共安全，”施内尔说，”这就是我们遵循这项政策的原因。我们将继续协调拘留权的移交——这是底线。”
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Top Minnesota corrections official denies DHS claim that the state is releasing dangerous criminals
January 21, 2026 / 9:49 PM EST / CBS News
A top Minnesota law enforcement official is rejecting repeated accusations by the Department of Homeland Security that state authorities have been releasing hundreds of dangerous criminals into the streets, rather than turning them over to federal immigration agents.
Paul Schnell, the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Corrections, called the claims “fundamentally false” and warned that such federal messaging risks undermining public trust in both immigration enforcement and public safety.
“We cooperate with ICE and ICE detainers,” Schnell told CBS News in an interview on Wednesday. “We have, as a matter of policy, done that for a long, long time. How they can say otherwise is unbelievable.”
It came after Marcos Charles, ICE’s acting executive associate director for Enforcement and Removal Operations on Tuesday accused Minnesota officials of failing to turn people over to federal custody — and claimed there were more than 1,360 pending ICE detainers statewide.
Those are federal requests to local law enforcement to detain individuals for up to 48 hours after they’re set to be released from criminal confinement — which gives ICE time to decide whether to take them into custody to begin deportation proceedings.
“The best solution is to turn them over to us in a safe, controlled setting like a jail or prison instead of releasing them back onto the streets,” Charles said at a news conference in St. Paul, Tuesday, warning that releases put communities “where your children go to school” at risk.
But the Department of Corrections commissioner said those coordinated turnovers are already happening — and have been for years, as a matter of policy and state law. Schnell said his department routinely communicates with ICE in the weeks before an incarcerated person’s release to arrange handoffs if a detainer is in place. And according to Minnesota corrections data, 84 people were transferred directly from state prisons to ICE custody in 2025.
To better understand the scope of the issue, Schnell said his department conducted a statewide survey. They found 207 individuals in state prisons and 94 in county jails are subject to ICE detainers — 301 total. This is far short of the 1,360 cited by federal officials.
“We cannot explain how those numbers square,” Schnell said. “And nobody is sitting down with us to explain it.”
Schnell told CBS News his agency has repeatedly asked DHS to reconcile the discrepancy but has received no documentation showing missed transfers or failures to comply.
“If we made a mistake, we would own it,” he said. “But to date, no one has shown us where we failed.”
Asked for comment on Schnell’s remarks, a DHS spokesperson reiterated the agency’s assertions that hundreds of criminals have been released across Minnesota and that 1,360 people in custody statewide are subject to active ICE detainers.
The spokesperson did not address the discrepancies raised by Schnell, but pointed to a list of six people with criminal charges or convictions that DHS says were released in Minnesota, and called on Gov. Tim Walz to “commit to honoring all ICE detainers.”
In some cases, Schnell said, it is ICE that chooses not to detain individuals any longer, releasing them under federal supervision or into the community. He emphasized that this is a decision made by federal authorities, not the state.
“We didn’t release them into the community,” he said. “We released them to ICE.”
Schnell also pushed back against the Department of Homeland Security’s regular publication of so-called “worst of the worst” lists, which highlight individuals with serious criminal convictions ICE claims to have arrested. But Schnell insisted Minnesota corrections had coordinated with ICE to transfer custody of many of those people and called the lists “propaganda, in many instances.” He added that in multiple cases, federal authorities opt to release detainees after they’re in ICE custody.
“These weren’t people swept up on Minneapolis streets,” he said. “They were released to ICE. What happened after that was not our decision.”
Schnell acknowledged that compliance with civil ICE detainers varies at the county level — particularly in large jurisdictions like Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis. But he also stressed that the Department of Corrections’ authority is limited to the state prison system, not local jails.
Despite the sharp disagreements, Schnell emphasized that day-to-day cooperation between Corrections Department staff and ICE officers on the ground remains strong.
“Staff to staff, operationally, this is working exactly the way it should,” he said. “Which is why I think their staff are probably equally confused.”
What he wants now, Schnell said, is a direct conversation at senior levels of DHS to reconcile data and messaging — not public accusations.
“It’s in the best interest of public safety to get this right,” he said. “Rhetoric doesn’t solve anything. Facts do.”
As immigration enforcement continues to be a flashpoint nationally and locally, the dispute underscores a deeper challenge: a fragmented system in which federal, state, and local entities operate under different authorities, with access to varying data systems — often speaking past one another in the process.
“We care deeply about public safety,” Schnell said. “That’s why we follow this policy. And we will continue to coordinate the transfer of custody — period.”
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