每日社评 0611 我们和联邦调查局之一场罕见 [对话会]

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我们和联邦调查局之一场罕见 [对话会]

上週四下在德州休斯敦莱斯大学工学院大楼，超过四百位侨学政界人士参加了一项破纪录之对话会，由美国联邦调查局负责反情报工作之副助理局长吉尔墨菲率同休斯敦分局局长威廉姆斯及数位干员参加。

这项对话会係由华裔教授白先慎博士之多月奔走安排，由德克萨斯多元文化倡导联盟，莱斯大学贝克公共政策研究所和亚太裔美国人正义工作组合办并邀集东西两岸学者及民权人士共同发起。

根据最近之报导一些持有绿卡甚至美国公民之华裔学术界人员在机场入境时遭到不寻常之质询，还有一些来自中国大陆之留学生在机场被拒绝入境并立即遣返,此举严重损害了中美两国之文教交流及许多华裔之公民权益。

对话会由白先慎教授主持，他首先对於华裔美人目前之处境表示高度忧虑，希望透过此次之对话会和联邦调查局建立沟通管道。

墨菲副局长在会上表示对此次会议之高度期望和支持，她强调唯有和社区建立和谐之关係才能為大家提供服务， 她强调中美之间之交流仍然是我们既定之政策。

刚就任不久的联邦调查局休斯敦分局长威廉姆斯表示，他将极力来推动和当地社区之联系沟通工作，并希望得到大家之支持， 他们将非常严肃之处理对华裔科学家学者及学生之歧视事件。

亚太裔美国人正义工作组人员在会中表达了多年来所面临之问题和挑战，许多华裔学者和在政府中工作之人员受到许多冤屈不公之待遇而没有伸张公民权申诉之正式管道。

据参加会议之美国司法部官员表示，近年来美国也正在面临许多国安问题，有关华人留学生及研究生在机埸遭受拒绝入境之事件，係由国土安全部负责，基本上不是联邦调查局之职责。

这项破纪录和联邦调查局之对话会具有非常重大之意义，至少是和我们社区建立起沟通之桥樑，為华亚裔社区向联邦政府放映和争取合法之公民权益。

We Had A Rare Dialogue With The FBI

Last Thursday at the Engineering Building of Rice University in Houston more than four hundred leaders of the Asian community attended a record-breaking dialogue session with the FBI.    The session was led by Deputy Assistant Director Jill Murphy 

from the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division in Washington, DC, along with Houston Field Office Director Douglas Williams and several agents.

In 2022, the Department of Justice ended its China Initiative, a strategy to counter Chinese espionage and threats to U.S. research security after academic and civil rights groups raised concerns about bias and damage to the United States’ scientific enterprises. However, recent media reports highlighted  border entry issues for Chinese graduate students and academic researchers who are green card holders and even American citizens.

The dialogue session was arranged by Professor Steven Pei and organized by the Texas Multicultural Advocacy Alliance of the Baker Institute and the Asian Americans for Justice group.

The meeting provided a platform for the Asian American community to voice their concerns and seek solutions. The ACLU Task Force members expressed the challenges and issues they have faced for many years.

Recently appointed FBI Houston Field Office Director Douglas Williams emphasized his commitment to promoting communication and connection with the local community and requested their continuing support.