U.S. Customs and Border Protection stated it had no records responsive to American Oversight's request for communications containing terms related to self-managed abortion.

As stirring protests against police brutality gripped the nation’s attention and as the coronavirus continued its tragic spread through multiple states, Georgia held a chaotic primary election.

FOIA to multiple federal law enforcement agencies seeking assessments or reports on the risk of coronavirus posed by the use of tear gas or other chemical irritants, crowd control techniques, and mass arrests and detention.

FOIA to multiple federal law enforcement agencies seeking interagency Memorandum of Understanding agreements on data sharing regarding protests.

FOIA to multiple federal law enforcement agencies seeking databases or other documents used to track or surveil protesters and guidance or directives regarding the surveillance of protesters.

The irony of protests against police brutality being met with violent escalation by law enforcement is perhaps matched only by the authoritarianism of the president and attorney general. 

FOIA to the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Bureau of Prisons, the Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Marshals Service, and the U.S. Secret Service seeking all records reflecting any screening or testing for coronavirus infection of federal agents responding to police brutality protests.

As states across the country enter various phases of “reopening,” sobering news about the federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic continues to emerge. 

FOIA request to Customs and Border Control seeking emails about pregnant asylum seekers and the Remain in Mexico Program (MPP)

FOIA Request to Customs and Border Control seeking records showing statistics on pregnant asylum seekers and the Remain in Mexico Program (MPP)