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在因弗洛伊德之死而引发的全美抗议活动演变成暴力事件后,持有美国签证、支持 ""黑人的命也是命 ""抗议活动的移民们也面临一个选择:冒着危及合法移民的身份毅然加入抗议活动,还是一直坐视不理?
虽然在美国,外国公民被允许参加和平示威或集会;美国刑事司法系统也将确保他们被逮捕后会有与美国公民同等的宪法保护。可是移民律师Parisa Karaahmet说:“如果移民被拘留、逮捕或起诉,即使撤销指控,也可能会存留隐患。” 他们未来在申请签证或在美国接受绿卡面试时,会被要求交代被捕的情况。美国公民自由联盟移民政策副主任安德里亚·弗洛雷斯(Andrea Flores)说其实很多移民想参与,但是被捕留下案底从而影响未来移民申请的风险总是存在的。
然而,并不是所有的移民都选择袖手旁观,Prerna Gupta是一名持工作签证的印度公民,她一直在布鲁克林参加抗议活动。她其实申请了绿卡,然后FBI就打电话来询问了,她也表示自己并没有违反任何法律。对她来说抗议活动很有必要,因为种族主义不仅在美国,她在世界其他地方也受到过种族歧视。她在抗议的时候,为了不被轻易识别到,她不带身份证,穿着全黑的衣服。
也有不想亲自去参与游行的人在抗议活动旁边帮忙;比如为示威者制作抗议工具包,提供医疗救护和募捐等帮助抗议活动进行。当然,学生签证也最好不要参与抗议活动。虽然他们完全有权参与,但是打算参与之前,必须考虑到是否要冒着失去(签证)身份的风险。
评论:文章来自CNN,这位记者写作角度是“愿意上街参与BLM游行的移民”有顾虑,但也有很多人并不打算上街参与游行,我们华人社区甚至就此也产生“分裂”,有很多同学只认可All Lives Matter而不是只说BLM,并对于近日来蔓延全美的“文革”表示反对。
如果哪位同学打算参与游行,在和平游行临近结束时,记得迅速离开,免得被当做“暴徒”。如果留下被逮捕的记录,将来申请移民和签证时,可能会有麻烦。
After the first wave of nationwide protests over George Floyd's death turned violent, immigrants on US visas who support the Black Lives Matter movement's protest faced a choice: to join the protests and jeopardize their legal status as immigrants or sit it out and save their future in the country. The consequences of an arrest:A foreign national in the US is allowed to participate in peaceful demonstrations or rallies and if they get arrested, the US criminal justice system ensures that they are entitled to the same constitutional protections as a US citizen. However, the immigration consequences of the arrest may be quite significant.If they get detained, arrested or charged, it could be problematic, even if the charges were dropped, according to Parisa Karaahmet, an immigration attorney at Fragomen, an immigration law firm. "They could be asked to disclose the arrest in an application for a visa or at a green card interview in the US for any immigration benefits." "This is a dilemma that immigrants are facing right now," says Andrea Flores, the deputy director of immigration policy for the ACLU. "So many immigrants want to participate, but the risk is always there. It's important to protest and it's important to stay safe. But the decision is unfair to people who don't have enough protections due to their immigration status.she adds, "Given the uncertainty that the Trump administration has placed on several visa categories, it's understandable that there is anxiety around participating in protests." However, not all immigrants are choosing to sit it out. Prerna Gupta, an Indian national on a work visa, has been going to protests in her neighborhood in Brooklyn. He applied for a green card. Then the FBI came calling. We're not breaking any law," she said, it's important for her to protest because racism is not just an American problem. "I have been subjected to racism elsewhere in the world as well. When I'm protesting, I'm also protesting for a change globally," she said. However, she's been taking precautions while protesting. Most of it comes from what she's read on the internet, including not bringing her ID along and wearing all black clothes, so she is not easily identifiable. While Scheurle doesn't want to go to protest in person, she has been helping on the side. She started out by making protest-ready kits for demonstrators. Eventually, she got involved with local groups to help with organizing ground groups for medical attention, setting up supply chains and soliciting donations to get resources in place for helping these protests.Most people is being on a student visa just completely puts protesting out of question. As the vice president of external affairs at Carnegie Mellon university's graduate student assembly, Kaushik said, If any foreign nationals do find themselves in an encounter with police, a criminal defense lawyer should certainly be their first call and an immigration lawyer should come second, Karaahmet recommends. source
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