9名中國留學生返美開學 在洛杉磯機場遭遣返

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　　記者洪群超／即時報導 2019年08月31日 18:12  世界日报


　　

　　九名在亞利桑那州立大學就讀的中國留學生，日前在洛杉磯國際機場被邊境官員扣留後遣返。圖為洛杉磯國際機場。(截自ABC15影片)

　　

　　九名在亞利桑那州立大學就讀的中國留學生，日前在洛杉磯國際機場被邊境官員扣留後遣返。圖為亞利桑那州立大學校園。(取自臉書)

　　九名在亞利桑納州立大學就讀的中國留學生，日前在洛杉磯國際機場被邊境官員扣留後遣返；校方表示正向聯邦相關部門了解緣由，但目前仍未知原因，聯邦海關和邊境保護局(CBP)則只稱，扣留和遣返這九名學生是在過關檢查時「發現的信息」，但對個案不作評論。

　　這九名中國留學生均就讀於亞利桑納州大(Arizona State University)，其中多名開學將是上最後一學期的畢業學生；亞利桑納州大在一份聲明中表示，九名學生上周從中國返美時，在洛杉磯國際機場過關時被扣留，隨後被遣返回中國。

　　亞利桑納州大表示，該校迄今仍保留九名學生的學籍，該校正「盡可能快」地同聯邦部門配合，嘗試了解他們被扣押和遣返的原因，但目前未獲明確回應。

　　亞利桑納州大聲明如下：
   August 29, 2019The Honorable Kevin K. McAleenanActing Secretary of Homeland SecurityWashington, DC 20528Dear Secretary McAleenan:As President of Arizona State University, I am writing to express my serious concern aboutactions taken by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the Los Angeles International Airport(LAX) to deny admission to the United States to nine ASU undergraduate students from Chinawho were returning to the U.S. for the fall semester. In each case, the students were inpossession of all needed documentation to enter the U.S. yet they were refused entry at theairport, told they needed to return to China, that they needed to pay for their own airline ticket todo so or face a ban from re-entering the U.S. for five years.We will be glad to provide CBP with a document summarizing the dates and other informationregarding the ASU students from China who have been denied entry to the U.S. We haverequested permission from the students to release detailed information to you about theirparticular cases. Three students currently have granted ASU permission to do so. Given thetreatment the students have already experienced, the others are concerned about releasingtheir information for fear that CBP or other agencies of the federal government will takeretaliatory action against them. The experience of our nine students seems to be mirrored bythe experience of the Harvard University student who was profiled in the Washington Post twodays ago.Accordingly, I am writing not only to request immediate review of the individual situations ofeach of our students but also an immediate review of the new “standard procedures” whichhave apparently been put in place to review the electronic devices carried by our students whenthey enter the U.S. In our country, where we value due process and celebrate the different waysin which our government behaves from that of the arbitrary and capricious behavior of othernations, it is beyond my comprehension how the U.S. government could establish andimplement policies that bring about the outcomes we are now witnessing. I would also like torequest the following:1. A written explanation of the new “standard procedures” for the screening of internationalstudents upon their arrival at LAX? Who is doing the screening? What training havethey received? Do they speak Mandarin? What are the objective criteria they are usingto refuse entry to students?2. The ability of ASU to talk with and provide ASU international students who enter the U.S.at LAX with assistance when they are being detained or denied access to the U.S.3. A summary of the number and circumstances for denials for entry into the U.S. forChinese students entering the U.S. at LAX over the past ninety days. 4. A contact for an official at CBP with whom ASU can communicate and engage on allmatters related to the denial of entry of our students into


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