<p>特朗普总统宣布，政治任命官员和顾问大卫·文特雷拉将在职业官员托德·莱昂斯本月退休后担任移民和海关执法局的代理局长。这对一个近十年来没有参议院确认领导者的机构来说是一个非常令人担忧的举动，而该机构现在正在通过《一项美丽的法案》吸收数十亿美元的新资金，未来可能还会通过参议院待决的和解法案获得更多资金。</p>
<p>文特雷拉在 GEO 集团担任高级执行官超过十年，该集团目前关押着 ICE 拘留所 86% 的被拘留者。去年作为政治任命官员到任后，文特雷拉负责移民拘留中心的国土安全合同，此前他获得了与其明显利益冲突相关的联邦伦理豁免——监督大部分合同的授予给他的前雇主。此外，这项美丽的法案为移民拘留中心增加了 450 亿美元的资金，GEO 集团将获得其中相当一部分资金。</p>
<p>当他担任 GEO 集团的高级副总裁时，文特雷拉持有超过 180,000 股 GEO 集团的股票，目前估值为 400 万美元。根据 ICE 发言人的说法，文特雷拉已经出售了他的 GEO 股票，并且 “与该公司没有财务关系”，尽管没有任何公开记录显示有这样的交易。</p>
<p>当我被任命为国土安全部副部长约翰·田的幕僚长时（这不是一个参议院确认的职位——只是像文特雷拉的原职位一样的高级政治任命），我必须在开始工作之前出售价值 100,000 美元的加州市政债券。否则，正如职业伦理官员所告知我的，我将无法处理 “涉及加利福尼亚州” 的问题，因为这可能会产生偏见。</p>
<p>当然，至少对于一位监督移民拘留设施前所未有激增的高管来说，这种程度的审查是合理的。</p>
<p>文特雷拉需要经过参议院确认程序，以了解他与 GEO 集团的关系是否使他不适合担任 ICE 局长，是否适合他监督不断扩大的拘留投资组合，以及他是否真的已经出售了他的 GEO 股票。</p>
<p>ICE 正在获得大量资金的涌入。通过这项美丽的法案、和解和多年资金，国会实际上正在放弃其对 ICE 支出的拨款权，尽管资金（和欺诈机会）呈指数级增长。</p>
<p>与此同时，国土安全部监察长的资金和信息获取渠道被削减，消除了对文特雷拉作为代理 ICE 局长行为的另一种监督机制。移民拘留监察专员办公室在 2026 财年预算通过后于 2026 年 5 月解散，此前经历了 76 天的停摆，移除了对 ICE 拘留活动的另一层监督。</p>
<p>参议院和公众有权知道，负责 ICE 拘留扩张的这个人是否在其结果中有财务利益。随着数十亿资金流入和监督机制被削弱，这位 ICE 局长不能仅仅被任命——他必须获得参议院的确认。</p>
<p>特朗普政府已将 ICE 转变为最大的联邦执法机构。其局长需要相应地行动，参议院需要向他提出尖锐的问题。</p>
<p><em>玛丽·艾伦·卡拉汉在国土安全部担任政治任命官员八年，包括担任前副部长约翰·田的幕僚长。</em></p>

<p>特朗普总统已任命大卫·文特雷拉为 ICE 代理主任，这引发了人们的担忧，因为他与 GEO 集团有过联系，而该集团关押了大多数 ICE 被拘留者。随着对移民拘留中心的新资金达到数十亿，呼吁参议院确认以确保监督并解决潜在的利益冲突。批评者认为，如果没有适当的审查，这笔资金的涌入可能导致管理不善和欺诈</p>

<p>President Trump has announced that political appointee and adviser David Venturella will serve as the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement once career official Todd Lyons retires this month. This is a very troubling move for an agency that has not had a Senate-confirmed leader in nearly a decade and is now absorbing billions of dollars in new funding through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, with billions more potentially on the way through the reconciliation bill pending in the Senate.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>特朗普总统宣布，政治任命官员和顾问大卫·文特雷拉将在职业官员托德·莱昂斯本月退休后担任移民和海关执法局的代理局长。这对一个近十年来没有参议院确认领导者的机构来说是一个非常令人担忧的举动，而该机构现在正在通过《一项美丽的法案》吸收数十亿美元的新资金，未来可能还会通过参议院待决的和解法案获得更多资金。</p>
</div><p>Venturella was a senior executive for more than a decade in the GEO Group, the detention conglomerate currently housing 86 percent of detainees in ICE custody. Upon his arrival as a political appointee last year, Venturella oversaw Homeland Security contracts for immigration detention centers after receiving a federal ethics waiver related to his obvious conflict of interest — overseeing contracts overwhelmingly given to his former employer. Furthermore, the big beautiful bill added $45 billion for immigration detention centers through 2029. The GEO Group stands to receive a significant share of those funds.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>文特雷拉在 GEO 集团担任高级执行官超过十年，该集团目前关押着 ICE 拘留所 86% 的被拘留者。去年作为政治任命官员到任后，文特雷拉负责移民拘留中心的国土安全合同，此前他获得了与其明显利益冲突相关的联邦伦理豁免——监督大部分合同的授予给他的前雇主。此外，这项美丽的法案为移民拘留中心增加了 450 亿美元的资金，GEO 集团将获得其中相当一部分资金。</p>
</div><p>When he was a senior vice president of GEO Group, Venturella held more than 180,000 shares of GEO Group stock, currently valued at $4 million. According to an ICE spokesperson, Venturella divested his GEO stocks and “has no financial ties to the company,” although there is no public record of any such transactions.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>当他担任 GEO 集团的高级副总裁时，文特雷拉持有超过 180,000 股 GEO 集团的股票，目前估值为 400 万美元。根据 ICE 发言人的说法，文特雷拉已经出售了他的 GEO 股票，并且 “与该公司没有财务关系”，尽管没有任何公开记录显示有这样的交易。</p>
</div><p>When I was appointed chief of staff to Homeland Security Deputy Secretary John Tien (not a Senate-confirmed position — just a senior political appointee like Venturella’s original position), I had to divest from holding $100,000 in California Municipal Bonds before starting. Otherwise, as I was informed by career ethics officials, I could not work on issues “involving the state of California” because of potential bias.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>当我被任命为国土安全部副部长约翰·田的幕僚长时（这不是一个参议院确认的职位——只是像文特雷拉的原职位一样的高级政治任命），我必须在开始工作之前出售价值 100,000 美元的加州市政债券。否则，正如职业伦理官员所告知我的，我将无法处理 “涉及加利福尼亚州” 的问题，因为这可能会产生偏见。</p>
</div><p>Certainly, at least that level of scrutiny is warranted for an executive overseeing an unprecedented surge in immigration detention facilities.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>当然，至少对于一位监督移民拘留设施前所未有激增的高管来说，这种程度的审查是合理的。</p>
</div><p>Venturella needs to undergo the Senate confirmation process in order to understand whether his ties to GEO Group are disqualifying for him to serve as ICE director, whether it is appropriate for him to oversee the burgeoning detention portfolio, and whether he has actually divested from his GEO stock.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>文特雷拉需要经过参议院确认程序，以了解他与 GEO 集团的关系是否使他不适合担任 ICE 局长，是否适合他监督不断扩大的拘留投资组合，以及他是否真的已经出售了他的 GEO 股票。</p>
</div><p>ICE is receiving an extraordinary influx of funding. Through the big beautiful bill, reconciliation and multi-year funding, Congress effectively is abdicating its appropriations authority to oversee ICE spending, despite the exponential increase of funds (and opportunities for fraud).</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>ICE 正在获得大量资金的涌入。通过这项美丽的法案、和解和多年资金，国会实际上正在放弃其对 ICE 支出的拨款权，尽管资金（和欺诈机会）呈指数级增长。</p>
</div><p>At the same time, funding for the Homeland Security inspector general and access to information has been cut, eliminating another mechanism for oversight of Venturella’s conduct as acting ICE director. The Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman was dismantled in May 2026 when the fiscal 2026 budget was passed for the Department of Homeland Security after the 76-day shutdown ended, removing another layer of oversight on ICE detention activities.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>与此同时，国土安全部监察长的资金和信息获取渠道被削减，消除了对文特雷拉作为代理 ICE 局长行为的另一种监督机制。移民拘留监察专员办公室在 2026 财年预算通过后于 2026 年 5 月解散，此前经历了 76 天的停摆，移除了对 ICE 拘留活动的另一层监督。</p>
</div><p>The Senate and the public deserve answers as to whether the man directing ICE’s detention expansion has a financial stake in its outcome. With billions flowing and oversight gutted, this ICE director cannot simply be appointed — he must be confirmed by the Senate.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>参议院和公众有权知道，负责 ICE 拘留扩张的这个人是否在其结果中有财务利益。随着数十亿资金流入和监督机制被削弱，这位 ICE 局长不能仅仅被任命——他必须获得参议院的确认。</p>
</div><p>The Trump administration has transformed ICE into the largest federal law enforcement agency. Its director needs to act accordingly, and the Senate needs to ask him the hard questions.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>特朗普政府已将 ICE 转变为最大的联邦执法机构。其局长需要相应地行动，参议院需要向他提出尖锐的问题。</p>
</div><p><em>Mary Ellen Callahan was a political appointee for eight years in the Department of Homeland Security, including serving as chief of staff for former Deputy Secretary John Tien.</em></p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p><em>玛丽·艾伦·卡拉汉在国土安全部担任政治任命官员八年，包括担任前副部长约翰·田的幕僚长。</em></p>
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ICE 需要真正的监督——现在就要求参议院确认