最近一起美国国土安全部涉及的钓鱼执法

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据纽约时报4月5日报道，美国国土安全部设假大学圈套，最终诱捕了21名涉嫌签证诈骗的留学中介，受害学生多半来自中国和印度。被捕的21名嫌犯多为土生土长的美国公民，他们以颁发学生签证为由收取高额的费用，对于学校的真假毫不在乎。近几年美国发生了数起假大学签证诈骗案，对此，人们担心一些与恐怖主义有联系的签证申请人会利用该漏洞免审查进入美国境内。

表面上看，美国北新泽西大学（University of Northern New Jersey）似乎是真实存在的。它有一个网站，内容很丰富。不仅用拉丁文写着“人文，科学，正直”（Humanus, Scientia, Integritas），还有一个商科学位的列表，甚至还标注了该校的教学理念——“不同寻常的教育体验”。

不过，不同寻常的是，这个学校压根不存在。

事实上，该校是由美国国土安全部设下的一个诱捕圈套，专门用来抓捕学生签证诈骗犯。

这个局最终成功使21人落网。美国新泽西州联邦检察官保罗·J·费舍曼（Paul J. Fishman）和美国移民及海关执法局局长莎拉·R·萨尔达娜于周二就此举行新闻发布会。据称，这些被逮捕的人均是留学中介，他们与假冒的学校工作人员合作，假装录取那些想要续签学生签的外国学生，以此让这些学生能够继续“合法地”居留美国。另外，其中一些中间人同时也给想要拿到工作签证的人非法地安排一些工作机会。

据发布会称，被“北新泽西大学”录取的学生多半来自中国和印度。新泽西州检察长费舍曼（Paul J. Fishman）5日宣布，经过国内安全部卧底调查，查获通过北新泽西大学（University of Northern New Jersey）的大量违法CPT挂靠行为，并逮捕21名涉案人员，其中以华人和印度裔为主。该校学生遍布全美，牵涉甚广，注册45天以上的学生，将很快收到移民法庭传单，并可能被取消合法签证。

费舍曼与联邦移民和海关执法局（U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement）局长萨拉·萨尔达纳（Sarah Saldana）在5日下午举行联合发布会，宣布北新泽西大学是国内安全部构建的虚拟学校，目的是为了引出签证诈骗等欺诈行为。该校超过1000“留学生”均来自中国和印度，恐将面临被遣返的命运。



联邦检察官费舍曼称，这些被捕的诈骗犯大多是土生土长的美国公民，有6人都住在纽约，其中3人住在法拉盛（纽约市皇后区境内的一个区域，多亚裔移民）。

“我们放出了很明确的消息”，萨尔达纳在采访中说，“我们注意到你了，我们能够指认出你，所以我们一定会找到你，将你绳之以法。”

这些中介为“北新泽西大学”的1076名学生安排了非法的学生签证。但绝大多数“学生”的签证最终被撤销。费舍曼说，这些学生原本拿着合法的签证，但当签证快过期时，他们想方设法地要继续留在美国。

新泽西大学是假，签证诈骗犯落网是真

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从直觉上讲，国土安全部这样做是违法的吧。如果这是合法的，那么如何解释法律？

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这些原来持 F-1 签证的学生，毕业后依靠 OPT 合法地在美国工作，同时寄希望于每年一度的 H-1B 抽签。但由于申请人数远远大于每年颁发的 H-1B 签证数额，很多 OPT 到期的大陆生面临一个选择：是辞职回国呢？还是找一个学校挂靠 F-1，用 CPT 的方式继续打工。

不幸运的是，他们挂靠的学校是 Dept. of Homeland Security 办的一个钓鱼机构。估计会有数百名大陆生陷入此案。帮助这些学生获得挂靠学校 F-1 签证的移民律师，罪责难逃。

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雅鲁藏布江 发表于 2016-4-7 10:57
从直觉上讲，国土安全部这样做是违法的吧。如果这是合法的，那么如何解释法律？

Sting operations are common. FBI used similar tactics to build its cases catching spies all the time. A female police officer may pretend to be a prostitute standing on streets to catch Johns; An FBI agent may post as an underage girl to lure pedophiles on-line. In any case, you cannot sue a federal agent/agency or state police in their official capacities.

A related legal concept is Entrapment. Entrapment defenses in the United States has evolved mainly through case law. Two competing tests exist for determining whether entrapment has taken place, known as the "subjective" and "objective" tests. The "subjective" test looks at the defendant's state of mind; entrapment can be claimed if the defendant had no "predisposition" to commit the crime. The "objective" test looks instead at the government's conduct; entrapment occurs when the actions of government officers would usually have caused a normally law-abiding person to commit a crime.

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JD@UVA 发表于 2016-4-7 10:58
这些原来持 F-1 签证的学生，毕业后依靠 OPT 合法地在美国工作，同时寄希望于每年一度的 H-1B 抽签。但由于 ...

真心水太深啊

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美国国土安全局的办事人员，干事情真是一丝不苟。他们在该 Fake University 学校的网页上加了很多有人情味的东西，看着跟真的似的。比如下文提到的校长母亲之死和学生结婚的信息。

Telugu immigrants, as expected were quite a number of those admitted in the fake ‘University of Northern New Jersey’ (UNNJ) that was set up by the US Homeland Security Department to trap people involved in student visa fraud.

A little over 1,000 students were admitted into the fake university run by the US undercover agents and majority of these trapped in the sting operation were from India and China. The agents arrested included 10 from India and 11 from China. Among the agents names released also had Telugu names like Tajesh Kodali and Karthik Nimmala indicating that they had a role in securing visas for students.

The presence of Telugu students is also obvious from the fact that the Facebook page of the fake varsity had lots of Telugu students interacting and posting messages. For example, when the fake university posted a fake message on the page regretting the death of the fake varsity’s President Steven Brunetti’s mother, several Telugu students with names like Sreekanth Reddy, Chinna Chowdary and one Kaleemuddin Mohammed shared their concern and offered condolences.

In fact, the FB page also had a wedding picture of one Shravani Vaddalapu where the fake varsity expressed its happiness for their students getting married. Some Telugu names like Sai Balla, Murali Koganti and others were found liking the pictures posted by their friends on the FB page of the fake university. The FB page has now been taken off.

“All these reflect the presence of Telugu students in quite a number,” says Narsireddy Gayam, a GRE trainer. “The craze among Telugus for US immigration was exploited by the agents. Most of the visa seekers paid to maintain their non-immigrant status in the USA. They very well knew that the varsity was sham as it allowed them to work outside without attending classes,” Mr. Narsireddy points out. “Not even in their dreams they expected it to be a fake varsity run by officials.”

The episode is a cautionary tale for students aspiring to land in the US about being careful while choosing the varsity, as mediocre and sham universities can be tracked anytime by the US officials and their visas revoked anytime. The UNNJ students are likely to be under administrative arrest of Immigration officials now and later deported irrespective of their previous history in the USA.

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JD@UVA 发表于 2016-4-7 04:06
Sting operations are common. FBI used similar tactics to build its cases catching spies all the  ...

受教了，谢前辈。

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如果是我的话可以会去FB看看这个学校的历届学生群和TWITTER上面的信息

如果HOMELAND布这个局能够布7-8年，我也是认了:D

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阿泰 发表于 2016-4-8 00:16
如果是我的话可以会去FB看看这个学校的历届学生群和TWITTER上面的信息

如果HOMELAND布这个局能够布7-8年 ...

FBI 啊 CIA 啊 国家土地安全部啊，都雇了好多律师。以前就有 CIA 的律师到 UVA 给讲座，挺有意思的。比如 CIA 要派某支队伍去某国绑架敌人的头目，有什么可能出现的法律纠纷事宜，事先都要先让律师研究透了，好见机行事。

:lol