律师称ICE在机场拘留至少12名受DED保护的香港居民 国会议员提出永久居留法案
华盛顿——据Politico报道，移民律师表示，美国移民与海关执法局（ICE）自今年6月以来在全美多地机场拘留了至少12名持有「延期强制离境」（Deferred Enforced Departure，DED）保护的香港居民，拘留时间从10天到两个月不等，有人被要求签署自愿离境文件。移民法官其后下令将这些人全部释放，但他们仍须佩戴脚镣并受到出行限制。
DED是拜登政府时期的一项行政保护安排，允许合资格的香港居民在美国居留和工作至2027年2月5日，但DED本身并不赋予移民身份。国土安全部表示，持有工作许可不等于拥有合法身份，当局仍可启动递解程序。10月6日，联邦参议员杰夫·默克利（Jeff Merkley）与联邦众议员吉姆·麦戈文（Jim McGovern）提出《香港人避难承诺法案》（Hong Konger Promise of Refuge Act，参院案号S.5606、众院案号H.R.10685），拟允许DED持有人申请永久居留。
Attorneys Say ICE Detained at Least 12 Hong Kong DED Holders at Airports as Lawmakers Introduce Permanent-Residence Bill
WASHINGTON — Immigration attorneys say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained at least 12 Hong Kong residents covered by Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) at airports across the United States since June, holding them from 10 days to two months, with some pressed to sign voluntary-departure papers, according to Politico. Immigration judges later ordered all of them released, but they remain subject to ankle monitors and travel restrictions.
DED, an administrative protection dating to the Biden administration, allows eligible Hong Kong residents to live and work in the United States until February 5, 2027, but does not itself confer immigration status. The Department of Homeland Security says a work permit does not equal lawful status and that removal proceedings may still be initiated. On October 6, Senator Jeff Merkley and Representative Jim McGovern introduced the Hong Konger Promise of Refuge Act (S.5606 / H.R.10685), which would allow DED holders to apply for permanent residence.
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