Entity: Department of Homeland Security

FOIA to DHS and USCIS Seeking a Memo Regarding Individuals’ Immigration Status and Election Integrity Issues

July 3, 2019
FOIA to DHS and USCIS seeking a previously-referenced memorandum addressing USCIS’s authority to ascertain individuals’ citizenship status through the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program.

FOIA to DHS Regarding the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program

July 3, 2019
FOIA to DHS and USCIS seeking records identifying whether and which state agencies have recently formed agreements with USCIS to participate in its Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program.

No Records Response from DHS Regarding Guidance and Communications of Julie Kirchner

July 3, 2019
No records response from the Department of Homeland Security in response to our FOIA seeking guidance by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Ombudsman Julie Kirchner and her communications regarding a denaturalization task force and the travel ban.

FOIA to DHS Seeking Communications Containing Terms Related to Family Separation

July 3, 2019
FOIA to DHS and component agencies for communications including certain key terms relating to zero tolerance family separation.

FOIA to DHS and USCIS Seeking Communications with State Officials Regarding Individuals’ Immigration Status and Election Integrity Issues

July 3, 2019
FOIA to DHS seeking communications between DHS officials including former Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and State Secretaries of State regarding election integrity issues.

DHS Photographs of CBP’s Central Processing Station “Ursula” in McAllen, Texas

June 28, 2019
Photographs from U.S. Customs and Border Protections of CBP's central processing station "Ursula" located in McAllen, Texas.

News Roundup: Setbacks for Freedom of Information

June 28, 2019
Supreme Court decisions, limits on FOIA, and Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's D.C. landlord.
(Photo: Paul A. Fagan)

The Department of Homeland Security Doesn’t Know Where Trump Got Those Immigration Numbers, Either

June 27, 2019
DHS has confirmed that it has no records to back up extraordinary claims Trump made earlier this year about the cost and scope of illegal immigration.
Trump with former CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, who is now acting secretary of homeland security, in 2018

FOIA to CBP for Communications of Kevin McAleenan Containing Key Terms Related to Misrepresentation of Former Secretary Nielsen

June 27, 2019
FOIA to CBP for communications of former CBP Commissioner and current Acting DHS Secretary McAleenan’s communications containing key terms related to former Secretary Nielsen’s reported misrepresentations about the number of suspected terrorists crossing the U.S. border.

Complaint: American Oversight v. DHS, ICE, and CBP – Treatment of Detainees

June 26, 2019
American Oversight's lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Secretary, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Customs and Border Protection for records to shed light on the treatment of detainees, including transgender and pregnant detainees.