美国政府竟然开假大学骗留学生！收了你的钱，再告你违法
Undercover US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been operating a fake university designed to lure in immigrants seeking to obtain student visas fraudulently — but the students are claiming they are the ones who have been deceived.
美国移民和海关执法局秘密机构一直在开办一所假大学，目的是要诱骗那些想要非法获取学生签证的移民，但这些学生声称他们才是受害者。
ICE has arrested about 250 students at the University of Farmington in Farmington Hills, Michigan, for violating the terms of their visas, which mandate that they be enrolled full-time at a federally accredited educational institution while they complete their studies, an ICE spokesperson said.
一位美国移民海关执法局的发言人说，该部门在密歇根州法明顿山的法明顿大学因违反签证条款逮捕了约250名学生，签证条款规定他们求学期间必须在联邦政府认可的教育机构注册成为全日制学生。
The University of Farmington, which ICE agents opened in 2015 to weed out fraudsters, did not qualify because it wasn’t a real educational institution:
2015年美国移民海关执法局为了扫除诈骗犯开办了法明顿大学，这所大学没有资质，因为它并非真正的教育机构。
Although ICE advertised the university as offering graduate STEM courses, it did not have any teachers, curriculum, classes, or other educational activities.
虽然美国移民海关执法局宣传该大学开设研究生STEM课程，但却没有教师、课程、班级或其他教学活动。
Its primary selling point, prosecutors say, is a ticket to an F-1 student visa — at the cost of $2,500 per quarter for graduate programs, plus an average $1,000 per month in fees, according to the Detroit Free Press.
据《底特律自由新闻》报道，检察官说它的主要卖点是能提供F-1学生签证，研究生课程一季度学费为2,500美元，其他费用平均每月1,000美元。
But at a time when ICE is facing increased scrutiny and some have even called to abolish the agency entirely, the news of this latest fake university sparked outrage.
但美国移民海关执法局正面对多项审查，有些人甚至呼吁完全废除这一机构，最近这个假大学的消息引起了民愤。
Whether the fake universities have actually been effective in weeding out fraud, however, is up for debate. Attorneys for the students affected say that these operations are entrapment, designed to trick unknowing international students into paying thousands of dollars to a university, while having no way of knowing that their actions are illegal.
但这所假大学是否真的有效扫除了欺诈依然值得探讨。受牵连的学生的辩护律师说这是钓鱼执法，目的是要诱骗不知情的留学生向大学支付数千美元，但他们根本不知道自己的行为是违法的。
It’s also not immediately clear how ICE has been using what could amount to millions of dollars in tuition and fees that students paid to the university.
尚不清楚学生向大学缴纳的数百万美元学费和其他费用美国移民海关执法局是如何使用的。
