美国国家公共电台 NPR--ICE inadvertently discloses personal data online of 6,252 immigrants

ICE inadvertently discloses personal data online of 6,252 immigrants

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NPR's A Martinez talks to Hamed Aleaziz of the Los Angeles Times about the information of more than 6,000 people in ICE custody² that was mistakenly revealed to the public.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

The personal information of thousands of asylum³-seekers was mistakenly revealed to the public this week during a routine update of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement website. Sensitive personal information of immigrants is supposed to be kept private to protect them from the violence and repression⁴ they're fleeing from. An investigation⁵ is underway. But for more on what this means, we're joined by Hamed Aleaziz, immigration policy reporter with the LA Times. So what happened here? I mean, how did all this information, personal information, end up on the ICE website?

HAMED ALEAZIZ: This is actually something that ICE, as you mentioned, is investigating. They say this data was erroneously posted on their website, and they've begun the process of trying to, you know, really rectify⁶ what happened.

MART?NEZ: Now, has anything like this ever happened before?

ALEAZIZ: Not to my knowledge. You know, the scale - more than 6,000 immigrants having their personal information posted on the website like this and especially, like you mentioned, asylum-seekers and others seeking protection in the U.S., having their information being posted is unprecedented⁷ as far as I know. This information is really closely guarded. And any time any reporter, especially, you know, myself covering immigration, comes across anybody seeking asylum in the U.S., they're very cautious about the use of their name, where they live and what they're seeking asylum from. So the fact that this was posted is really, you know, staggering.

MART?NEZ: Yeah. I mean, any piece of information is met with - or at least if you ask, it's met with resistance or at least reluctance⁸ because any piece of information can be used against them. ICE, have they fixed⁹ the problem? Do they know what exactly happened?

ALEAZIZ: They're still investigating, you know, what exactly happened, and they're trying to figure out steps to prevent this. As far as fixing the situation for these individuals, they're contacting the more than 6,000 immigrants, you know, again, notifying them, their attorneys. They're reaching out to people who downloaded the data and actually telling them to delete it. They've said that they will not deport¹⁰ any of these immigrants until they figure out whether or not the disclosure of the data will affect their asylum cases.

MART?NEZ: All right. So at least there's that. They won't deport them. But, I mean, what does this mean to think overall for the immigrants whose information was exposed? What have now they been exposed to?

ALEAZIZ: We really have to come to see, you know, what happens there. Attorneys, I think, are quite worried about this information getting out there. I was talking to one attorney who found the name of one of their clients on the list, and they were scheduling calls to notify the individual about what happened. You know, all of these individuals are in detention¹¹. Their locations of where they are in detention is mentioned in the list. So I can only imagine the surprise the immigrants will have when they realize that their personal information has been posted on the web.

MART?NEZ: Has the Biden administration made any statement or responded at all?

ALEAZIZ: No. But, I mean, I will note that, you know, this was pretty quick on ICE's part to not only step in and say that they deleted information, but that extra step of saying they would not deport these individuals until they figured out whether or not the posting of this information would affect their cases is, you know, a pretty strong step. I mean, they're really appearing to take this quite seriously.

MART?NEZ: You mentioned this is investigated - at least currently being internally investigated by ICE. Any outside investigation in the works on this?

ALEAZIZ: Unclear. We've reached out to some, you know, congressional committees to see whether or not they're planning any investigations¹². All of this broke late Wednesday, so it's unclear whether or not any other outside bodies will be investigating what happened here.

MART?NEZ: That's Hamed Aleaziz, immigration policy reporter with the Los Angeles Times. Thanks a lot.

ALEAZIZ: Thank you for having me.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

3 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

4 repression   

n.镇压，抑制，抑压

参考例句：

• The repression of your true feelings is harmful to your health.压抑你的真实感情有害健康。
• This touched off a new storm against violent repression.这引起了反对暴力镇压的新风暴。

5 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

6 rectify   

v.订正，矫正，改正

参考例句：

• The matter will rectify itself in a few days.那件事过几天就会变好。
• You can rectify this fault if you insert a slash.插人一条斜线便可以纠正此错误。

7 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

8 reluctance   

n.厌恶，讨厌，勉强，不情愿

参考例句：

• The police released Andrew with reluctance.警方勉强把安德鲁放走了。
• He showed the greatest reluctance to make a reply.他表示很不愿意答复。

9 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

10 deport   

vt.驱逐出境

参考例句：

• We deport aliens who slip across our borders.我们把偷渡入境的外国人驱逐出境。
• More than 240 England football fans are being deported from Italy following riots last night.昨晚的骚乱发生后有240多名英格兰球迷被驱逐出意大利。

11 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

12 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。