因為給移民提供食物和水，這位美國人面臨20年牢獄之災

This man could go to jail for 20 years for giving migrants food and water

這個人可能會因為給移民提供食物和水而入獄20年

來源：《衛報》 翻譯：世界播

Donald Trump claims his administration』s heavy-handed immigration policies make us safer. But a criminal trial in Arizona this week shows that, in the Trump era, safety has lost its meaning. Federal prosecutors are pursuing criminal charges against activist Scott Daniel Warren for doing nothing more than giving food, water and shelter to migrants trekking through the desert.

唐納德?特朗普稱他政府制定的嚴厲移民政策讓美國人更加安全。但本周在亞利桑那州進行的刑事審判表明，在特朗普時代，安全已經失去了意義。聯邦檢察官正在對活動人士斯科特?丹尼爾?沃倫提起刑事訴訟，原因只是因為沃倫向穿越沙漠的移民提供了食物、水和住所。

Since the days of Trump』s first attorney general, Jeff Sessions, the justice department has feverishly pursued migrants. In April 2017, Sessions stood before Customs and Border Protection officers in southern Arizona, part of the federal Department of Homeland Security, and described macabre machete attacks and beheadings supposedly perpetrated by migrants. 「Criminal aliens, and the coyotes and the document-forgers seek to overturn our system of lawful immigration,」 he said. To show the frontline DHS law enforcement officers that the justice department is on their side, Sessions issued a memo to prosecutors asking them to ramp up prosecution of five federal crimes about immigration.

自首位當選特朗普任職期間司法部長的傑夫?塞申斯上任以來，司法部一直在狂熱地追捕移民。2017年4月，塞申斯站在聯邦國土安全部下屬亞利桑那州南部的海關和邊境保護局官員面前，描述了據稱是移民實施的令人毛骨悚然的彎刀襲擊和斬首事件。他說：「犯了罪的外國人、非法移民和偽造證件的人試圖推翻我們的合法移民制度。」為了向身處前線的國土安全部執法人員表明司法部是站在他們這一邊的，塞申斯向檢察官發出了一份備忘錄，要求他們加大對五起與移民有關的聯邦罪行的起訴力度。

A few months later, prosecutors charged Warren with several counts of one of those offenses, conspiracy to transport and harbor migrants. A federal felony that could land Warren in prison for 20 years, prosecutors rarely tap this charge. Even Sessions appeared to recognize that harboring cases are not big-ticket items. His April 2017 memo, which is still in force despite Trump ushering him out of the justice department, recommends targeting people who helped at least three people or where someone was injured. Prosecutors aren』t alleging either against Warren.

幾個月後，檢察官指控沃倫犯有幾項罪行，其中一項是合謀運送和窩藏移民。作為一項可能會使沃倫入獄20年的聯邦重罪，檢察官很少提起這項指控。就連塞申斯似乎也認識到，藏匿罪並沒那麼嚴重。儘管特朗普將塞申斯趕出了司法部，但他2017年4月的備忘錄仍然有效，該備忘錄建議要對至少幫助過3位非法移民或受傷的移民的人定罪。檢察官也沒有對沃倫提起訴訟。

Instead, court records paint him as saintly. Border patrol agents, prosecutors claim, saw Warren arrive at a remote desert location called 「the Barn」. There he encountered two people fitting the description of 「lost illegal aliens」. The two men, both of whom allegedly entered the United States clandestinely, didn』t know Warren and he didn』t help them get to the Barn. But once he met them there, Warren is said to have given them 「food, water, beds, and clean clothes」 for three days.

相反，法庭文件把他描繪成聖人。檢方稱，邊境巡邏人員看到沃倫抵達一個名為「穀倉」的偏遠沙漠地點。在那裡，他遇到了兩個符合「失蹤非法移民」特徵的人。據稱這兩名男子都是秘密進入美國的，他們不認識沃倫，他也沒有幫助他們進入穀倉。但是當他在那裡遇到他們時，據說沃倫給了他們三天的「食物、水、床和乾淨的衣服」。

Warren』s prosecution is an example of immigration policies that prioritize heavy-handed policing. Where is the justice in going after a person who spends his free time roaming the treacherous Arizona desert to put out food and water? A single agency, the Pima county medical examiner, recovered the dead bodies of 2,615 migrants from 2001 to 2016 in this stretch of Arizona. More lives are certainly lost without anyone finding their remains.

有關於沃倫的起訴案件是優先考慮嚴厲執法的移民政策的一個例子。一個人把他的空閑時間都用來在危險的亞利桑那州沙漠里供應食物和水，而去打擊這樣的一個人，正義何在？一個名為皮馬縣驗屍官的機構在2001年到2016年期間，在亞利桑那州的這一地區發現了2615具移民的屍體。如果沒有人找到他們的遺體，肯定會有更多的人喪生。

To help alleviate the human cost of migration, activists like Warren have taken to leaving water throughout the desert and staffing shelters like the Barn. Government officials claim that activists endanger migrants by inducing them to come. Only days before Warren』s arrest, No More Deaths, the activist group that he volunteers with, accused border patrol officers of destroying thousands of gallons of water left for migrants. In one particularly shocking video, an agent kicks six jugs while two others look on. The water splashes on to the ground. One agent appears to smile.

為了幫助減輕移民的人力成本，像沃倫這樣的活動人士開始在整個沙漠中提供水資助，並在像「穀倉」這樣的避難所配備志願人員。政府官員聲稱，活動人士通過這種方式誘導移民前來，這樣反而會害了他們。就在沃倫被捕的幾天前，他志願加入的活動組織「不再有死亡」指責邊境巡邏人員毀壞了留給移民的數千加侖水。在一段相當令人震驚的視頻中，一名特工踢倒了六口水罐，另外兩個人在一旁看著。水濺到地上。一名特工似乎在微笑。

It is too early in the legal process to know whether Warren will be convicted.

目前還不清楚沃倫是否會被判有罪。

Whatever turns Warren』s prosecution takes inside the courtroom, his situation reveals the Trump administration』s fear-laced view of migrants. They should be shown no mercy, no respect, no dignity– not even given the basics needed to survive in a place where so many others have died. And anyone who dares to do so, in the Trump view of things, is best locked up. Warren』s trial should be a reminder that tapping criminal law in the name of humanitarianism frequently leads to a perversion of their idea of helping people.

無論沃倫的起訴會在法庭內部發生什麼變化，他的處境都揭示了特朗普政府對移民的恐懼態度。那就是，這些移民不應該得到憐憫，不應該得到尊重，更不應該擁有尊嚴，甚至不應該在一個有如此多人死亡的地方得到生存所必需的基本條件。在特朗普看來，任何膽敢這麼做的人，最好都被關起來。沃倫的審判應該提醒人們，以人道主義的名義濫用刑法，往往會導致他們幫助他人的想法變得扭曲。

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