移民局逮捕15名涉嫌利用OPT骗取美国居留权的外国学生

移民和海关执法局在周三宣布：15名外国学生因涉嫌利用学生工作签证骗取美国居留权被捕。此次逮捕行动名为“OPTical Illusion”，从1月份就开始了相关调查。

国土安全部和ICE官员表示：通过调查，他们已经初步确定有1100名 "不遵守法律 "的外国公民。ICE已经向其中700人发函，通知他们工作许可被撤销。

根据ICE的一份新闻稿说：这15起逮捕分别发生在波士顿、华盛顿特区、休斯敦和纳什维尔等城市及其周边地区。被捕者包括11名印度国民、2名利比亚国民、1名塞内加尔国民和1名孟加拉国国民。他们其中一些人正在为无实际经营的公司工作，而这些公司会为他们提供虚假就业验证。

ICE高级官员Tony Pham说："今天的逮捕只是一个开始，同时是对那些未能保持或违反非移民身份条款的和利用学生工作签证的人的一个警告，这些人都会被逮捕并被驱逐出美国。"

Fifteen foreign students have been arrested for allegedly using a student work visa job program to stay in the U.S. fraudulently, Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced on Wednesday. Officials from ICE and the Department of Homeland Security said the students. most from India, had claimed to work for companies that don't exist, and that the arrests were preliminary results from a law enforcement investigation that began in January called Operation OPTical Illusion.

DHS and ICE officials said Wednesday that their investigation had identified 1,100 foreign nationals who appeared to be "not obeying the law." The officials said ICE had sent letters to 700 of them informing them it was revoking their work permits.

An ICE press release said the 15 arrests "took place in and around" Boston, Washington, D.C., Houston, and Nashville, among other cities. Those arrested included 11 Indian nationals, two Libyan nationals, one Senegalese national and one Bangladeshi national. The students had claimed to work in the U.S. for fake companies. The F-1 visa program appears to have been exploited by fake companies providing false employment verifications.

"The arrests we highlight today are just the beginning and should serve as a warning," said Tony Pham, the senior official now performing the duty of ICE director. "Any non-immigrant student who fails to maintain or violates the terms of their non-immigration status is subject to arrest and removal from the United States."  source

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疯了疯了，行吧行吧特朗普先生，外国人都是狗。一个个都是罪犯待遇。给你送钱来了还要逮捕，学生给你送完钱，一毕业被逼算失业期，多几个月面试找工作无奈之下找个挂靠还要被逮捕。
挂靠确实不合法，但是本意不想犯任何的恶。挂靠期间也没抢走你们任何一分钱工作，只是带来一些消费。就这样还要想抓罪犯一样抓人呵呵了。will open up those jobs for American workers？ 不是虚假工作嘛，还要倒贴钱的，虚假工作怎么提供给美国人？

行吧，maga
还That has been a very high priority for this president。
感觉有点最后的疯狂

zjhsyfz 发表于 2020-10-22 14:04:02
他是ICE的大头头：https://www.ice.gov/leadership

这....很难想象, 一个越南的难民最后成为了ICE的leader....华人啥时候才能出头？

那个时候越南的难民有特殊的时期，毕竟在越战期间，美国“侵略”越南，当时越南很多人国破家亡，逃到美国来，美国政府也在背后开了绿灯。

风水轮流转，这次抓老印，下次就抓中国人

OPTical Illusion可太秀了

划重点: 11个烙印

多点烙印被抓吧

说的好像中国人就不怕移民局一样

讽刺地是这位官员是越南难民：https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asi ... -criticism-n1238755。他如果现在申请难民，一样可以光明正大地通过不？

zjhsyfz 发表于 2020-10-22 12:17:55
讽刺地是这位官员是越南难民：https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/tony-pham-new-interim-ice-director-vietname

是这个越南人主导的这次行动？

为什么是这15个人被逮捕？