学校・教会での不法移民摘発を擁護 米国境警備担当者

【ワシントンＡＦＰ＝時事】ドナルド・トランプ米政権の国境・移民送還担当者、トム・ホーマン氏（元移民税関捜査局〈ＩＣＥ〉局長代理）は２６日、ＡＢＣニュースの番組で、不法移民取り締まりの一環として教会や学校に立ち入って摘発する手法を擁護した。民主党の牙城であり、移民の「聖域都市」とされる北部イリノイ州シカゴでは、ＩＣＥなど連邦６機関が「潜在的に危険な犯罪的外国人」を対象とした一斉捜索に着手している。（写真は、ドナルド・トランプ米政権の国境・移民送還担当者、トム・ホーマン氏）
　２期目を開始したトランプ氏は移民政策を抜本的に転換する一連の大統領令を発出。不法移民の強制送還を強化するとともに、学校や教会、職場といった「センシティブな」場所での法執行を規制するルールを緩和した。
　ＩＣＥは２６日、Ｘ（旧ツイッター）への投稿で、シカゴでの「強化された標的作戦」に参加し、「米国の移民法を執行し、潜在的に危険な犯罪者を社会から排除することで公共の安全と国家の安全を守る」ために連邦捜査局（ＦＢＩ）や税関・国境警備局（ＣＢＰ）など他の連邦機関と協力したと明らかにした。
　これに対しディック・ダービン、タミー・ダックワースの両民主党上院議員（いずれもイリノイ州）は同日、トランプ政権による捜索手法について「危険な個人」を標的にするという目的を「大きく逸脱」しており、移民を無差別に拘束するリスクをはらんでいると共同声明で批判した。１６日にはカトリック３組織の指導者がやはり共同声明を出し、教会や学校への当局の立ち入りを認めるルール変更を非難した。
　これに対しホーマン氏は、「不法入国には結果が伴う。その結果を示さなければ、国境問題は解決しない」と主張した。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2025/01/27-18:13）

Donald Trump's border czar on Sunday defended raiding churches and schools as part of a crackdown on illegal immigration, while six federal agencies launched a sweep aimed at potentially dangerous criminal aliens in Chicago.
Trump began his second term last Monday with a flurry of executive actions aimed at overhauling US immigration.
His administration quickly moved to ramp up deportations, including by relaxing rules governing enforcement actions at sensitive locations such as schools, churches and workplaces.
Asked about the rule change, Tom Homan, who was tapped to oversee Trump's hard-line immigration agenda, said Sunday it sends a clear message.
There's consequences of entering the country illegally. If we don't show there's consequences, you're never going to fix the border problem, Homan, who is also the former head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), told ABC News's This Week program.
But Trump has been unhappy with the number of arrests so far and has directed federal immigration officials to meet higher detention quotas, the Washington Post reported Sunday.
It said he was ordering ICE to raise the arrest numbers from a few hundred a day to at least 1,200 to 1,500, citing people with knowledge of internal briefings.
ICE reported making a total of 593 arrests on Friday and 286 arrests on Saturday. In the 2024 federal fiscal year, it averaged around 310 per day, according to agency data.
- 'Enhanced targeted operations' -
Homan was speaking from Chicago, a Democratic stronghold and a so-called sanctuary city for migrants that Homan has viewed as ground zero of the deportation push.
ICE announced Sunday on X that it had joined five other federal agencies in enhanced targeted operations in Chicago to enforce U.S. immigration law and preserve public safety and national security by keeping potentially dangerous criminal aliens out of our communities.
Joining ICE were the FBI; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Drug Enforcement Administration; Customs and Border Protection; and the US Marshals Service.
No details were provided on the extent of the action or how many people were detained.
Fear of being swept up in the raids kept many Latinos in the region at home, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, a Democrat, told CNN that state officials would assist federal law enforcement agencies in apprehending anyone accused or convicted of violent crimes but would defend law-abiding citizens.
Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, both Democrats representing Illinois, rebuked Trump's deportation raids in a joint statement Sunday, saying the efforts go far beyond targeting dangerous individuals and risk indiscriminately detaining migrants.
We stand with the immigrant community in Chicago and across the country, and our offices and caseworkers are ready to help those who are improperly caught up in these raids, the statement said.
On Thursday, leaders of three Catholic organizations blasted the rule change that allows raids on churches and schools, saying in a joint statement that turning places of care, healing and solace into places of fear and uncertainty... will not make our communities safer.
When pressed on the Catholic opposition, Homan stood firm.
We're enforcing laws Congress enacted and the president signed. If they don't like it, change the law.
Vice President JD Vance, who was also asked about the Catholic pushback in an interview broadcast Sunday, accused one group of being worried about losing funds in the immigration crackdown.
I think that the US Conference of Catholic Bishops needs to actually look in the mirror a little bit and recognize that when they receive over $100 million to help resettle illegal immigrants, are they worried about humanitarian concerns? Or are they actually worried about their bottom line? he told CBS's Face the Nation.
All eyes during Trump's first week in office have been on immigration enforcement and deportations, though it was unclear to what extent actions have increased from predecessor Joe Biden.
Homan called on Congress to pass additional funding for dealing with those arrested.
We're gonna need more ICE beds, a minimum of 100,000, he told ABC News.
We're going to try to be efficient. But with more money we have, the more we can accomplish.