澳大利亚内务部长托尼·伯克宣布推行更严格的移民执法措施，针对约77000名签证逾期者、学生和背包客实施扩大拘留和合规监管1。政府计划增加250张拘留床位和100名合规官员以支撑该政策1。伯克表示这些举措是对2015年前澳大利亚政策的恢复，当时签证逾期者通常在数周内被拘留后自行安排回国1。
该政策招致绿党和人权团体的批评。绿党议员大卫·肖布里奇表示，"如果部长不希望这些政策与ICE进行比较，他就不应该表现得像ICE"1。难民救助资源中心称这是"澳大利亚多元文化的黑暗日子"1。然而，移民专家对此评价不一。澳大利亚移民协会首席执行官彼得·范弗利特认为将其与ICE战术比较是"完全的过度陈述"1，而前移民部副部长阿布尔·里兹维则认为这些变化是"明智的"，是"好事"1。
Australia's Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has announced stricter enforcement measures targeting visa overstayers, international students, and backpackers, drawing comparisons to U.S. immigration enforcement tactics.1 The policy will increase detention capacity by 250 beds and add 100 compliance officers to handle the estimated 77,000 people with expired visas.1
Burke characterized the measures as a restoration of pre-2015 practices, when visa overstayers were typically detained for weeks before arranging their own departure.1 However, the Greens and refugee advocacy groups have criticized the approach as echoing the enforcement style of America's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. Greens MP David Shoebridge stated: "If the minister doesn't want these policies compared to ICE, he shouldn't act like ICE."1 The Refugee Council of Australia called the policy "a dark day for Australian multiculturalism."1
Immigration experts remain divided on the severity of the comparison. The Australian Migration Institute's chief executive Peter Van Vleet dismissed the ICE comparison as "complete overstatement,"1 while former Deputy Immigration Minister Abdul Rizvi described the changes as "sensible" and "a good thing."1
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