7/17/2018 ![]() 海关及边境保护局(CBP)人员检查旅客个人物品巨细靡遗。(取自CBP官方网站) 自川普总统上任以来,收紧移民法规的影响已涉及各层面,包括海关及边境保护局(CBP)检查入境旅客手机及个人电子设备频率大幅提高,由此引发旅客或合法居民,因短信或社交网络聊天信息内容敏感,遭遣返、调查的案例不时爆出。 从中国青岛赴洛杉矶的裴姓华人男子,月前因手机内图片牵出涉嫌有意隐瞒妻子赴美生子事实,面临遣返,然而在拘留等待返航班机中,裴姓男子涉嫌以金钱贿赂海关官员放行,却被钓鱼执法的探员尽收眼底。目前他不仅无法回国,更面临联邦行贿罪指控,而助其以现金行贿的王姓华人男子,同样也遭牵连面临控罪,两人庭审程序将于本月底开启。 ![]() 入境美国时,海关及边境保护局(CBP)检查入境人员有权检查旅客或合法公民手机及个人电子设备。(Gatty Images) 裴姓男子5月16日晚抵达洛杉矶国际机场(LAX),在通关例行检查中,CBP官员要求翻阅裴姓男子手机信息。在检查过程中发现,裴姓男子手机保存三张图片,其中一张是裴男妻子个人头像及入境盖章的护照页照片,另外两张则是一个仍在襁褓中的婴儿照,和一张出生证明照片。海关官员随即判断,裴姓男子可能涉嫌瞒报妻子来美生子事实,决定原机遣返,并将其转送移民局拘留所进一步调查。 根据联邦检察官办公室起诉书,17日清晨,裴姓男子主动接触拘留处一名华裔官员,在对方为其准备早餐时,询问是否能用1000美元红包,让其帮忙把他弄出去,在对方未置可否下,并不断加码,从2000、3000元至6000元,并向官员表示,“我们都是华人,是不是可以帮这个忙”。 裴先生并未想到一系列举动,已被CBP官员上报调查部门,并有国土安全调查处(HSI)探员配合其接触到的华裔海关官员,展开一场钓鱼执法行动。17日下午,曾被询问能否帮助裴姓男子进入美国的CBP官员,尝试回应裴先生,并录下两人关于6000元摆平此事的全部对话内容,在取证需要下,海关官员还对裴男表示,“此事不要让任何人知晓,否则可能丢掉工作”。 当天下午,裴先生通过手机联络妻子,并在妻子安排下,在下午5时许于机场一间咖啡厅,顺利与前来交付6000元现金“红包”的王姓男子见面。调查报告显示,王姓男子随后询问CBP官员是否已经在裴先生护照页盖章?在得到肯定答复后,随即缴纳用信封包著的6000元现金。以为事情顺利解决的裴先生,随后还询问海关人员,“是否可以留下个人联系方式,以备方便介绍生意,解决未来朋友可能的不时之需”。当全部交易过程尽收眼底下,埋伏在附近的便衣探员,随即将准备走出海关的王姓男子、裴姓男子全部逮捕。 根据随后调查,裴姓男子对贿赂海关官员事实供认不讳,而对前往接头的南加当地的王姓男子,只解释说两人是约好当天抵美后谈生意。而在对王姓男子的询问中,对方仅表示是当地导游,在美持绿卡,事发当天只是受裴姓男子妻子所托,完全不清楚送钱所为何事。 16日两人现身联邦法庭审前听证会,目前检方以向政府官员行贿罪控诉二人,法官决定两人庭审日期在本月底进行。 6/13/2018 ![]() 【侨报综合讯】美国公民与移民服务局(USCIS)近日成立了一个新办公室,专门查处本应被遣返的移民改名换姓重新申请庇护或通过结婚获得绿卡、进而入籍的欺诈案件。由于以前指纹系统没有完全联网,有部分通过N400入籍的移民实际上并不具备归化资格。这些人将是该办公室的重点打击对象。 收紧移民执法最新举措 据美联社报道,内部监督机构2016年的一份报告指出,至少有30多万应该被遣返者的指纹记录没有上传,而很多人改名后入籍成了公民。USCIS设在洛杉矶的新办公室将把这些人都找出来,对他们提出起诉,以剥夺他们的公民身份(denaturalization)。 USCIS局长弗朗西斯·西斯纳(L. Francis Cissna)在一次采访中告诉美联社记者,他的机构正在雇用几名律师和移民官员,专门审查被怀疑使用假身份获得绿卡和公民身份的被下令驱逐出境的移民的案件。 西斯纳说,这些案件将被移交给联邦司法部,其律师可以在民事法院程序中设法消除涉案移民的公民权。在某些情况下,政府律师可以提出与欺诈有关的刑事指控。 西斯纳说,到目前为止,该机构一直在追查相关案件,但并没有协调一致的努力。他说,他希望该机构设在洛杉矶的新办公室能在明年运行,但调查案件和起诉可能需要更长的时间。 他拒绝透露这项努力将付出多少代价,只是说将由工程处现有的预算支付,那是由移民申请费资助的。 特朗普政府一直在严厉打击非法移民,并采取措施减少合法移民,USCIS的最新举措是该行动的一部分。 成为美国公民的移民可以投票,为陪审团服务,并获得安全许可。取消公民身份的情况非常少见。 APLUS教学中心 | 一对一辅导服务中心 | 申请咨询顾问中心 打击欺诈或殃及更多人 ![]()
6/13/2018 NEW USCIS OFFICE AIMS TO STRIP U.S. CITIZENSHIP FROM NATURALIZED AMERICANS FOR LYING ON APPLICATION BY NICOLE ROJAS A new office for the Department of Homeland Security will be dedicated to stripping U.S. citizenship from naturalized Americans who are found to have lied about their immigration status on their applications. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Los Angles will also deal with immigrants who have green card status. “The new USCIS office in southern California will serve as a centralized location to review and refer appropriate cases to the Department of Justice for civil denaturalization where individuals who had been ordered removed and intentionally used multiple identities in order to defraud the government and the American people to obtain citizenship,” USCIS spokesman Michael Bars told Newsweek. ![]() USCIS has started hiring dozens of lawyers and immigration officers to staff the new office, the Associated Press reported. “As a critical part of the USCIS mission, USCIS strives to combat instances of fraud, abuse and other nefarious activities threatening the integrity of our nation’s immigration system and its faithful execution under the rule of law,” Bars explained. In January 2017, a pop-up office was established in Los Angles that took a look at potential denaturalization cases identified due to the enrollment of fingerprint records. Hundreds of thousands of fingerprints have been uploaded to the department’s registry, allowing USCIS to identify cases of naturalized citizens who may have committed identity fraud. “Nobody who obtained U.S. citizenship by deliberately assuming a false identity will be surprised to learn they are being referred to the Justice Department for removal proceedings,” Bars told Newsweek. “USCIS screens for deliberate acts of fraud relating to the use of false identities.” According to The Hill, any individual being investigated will be required to participate in an in-person interview with immigration officers. If the individual is determined to have intentionally committed fraud, then his or her case will be sent to the Justice Department. “We finally have a process in place to get to the bottom of all these bad cases and start denaturalizing people who should not have been naturalized in the first place,” USCIS Director L. Francis Cissna told the AP. “What we’re looking at, when you boil it all down, it potentially a few thousand cases.” Cissna maintained that the office would not go after individuals who have minor discrepancies in their applications, like Latin American immigrants who may have more than one surname. He said that the U.S. government is instead focused on targeting individuals who deliberately changed their identities to be granted immigration benefits. The agency has identified 2,536 naturalization cases that require an in-depth review. Of those cases, 95 have been referred to the Department of Justice for civil denaturalization. These cases must be filed in federal district court as only judges are permitted to denaturalize citizens. | Principal, Tel: (301)906-6889; (240)912-6290 Licensed in MD, VA, DC, PA WeChat ID: sunnychenyuqing NMLS # 1220187 HAN, Liu, CPA | 韩柳 President, Principal Loan Consultant, Leader Funding, Inc. 电话: (240) 784-6645 Rockville, MD Phone: 301-366-3497 |
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