Immigration officials in California celebrated a system that fast-tracked the cases of immigrants and resulted in significant increase in deportation orders, according to documents obtained by American Oversight and reported on by the San Francisco Chronicle.

The brazen scheme to subvert the 2020 vote by having pro-Trump electors submit false electoral certificates — which American Oversight obtained through FOIA — has heightened demands for accountability.

Records from the Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review in response to American Oversight's request for records regarding increased instances of hearings at the San Francisco Immigration Court for immigrants whose mailed notices were returned undeliverable, leading to absentia deportations. These records include communications, calendars containing hearing documents, and related reports.

Public records request to the Department of Justice seeking records regarding increased instances of hearings at the San Francisco Immigration Court for immigrants whose mailed notices were returned undeliverable, leading to in absentia deportations.

FOIA request the U.S. Department of Justices seeking records regarding calendars, communications with external groups, and policy memoranda for David Wetmore and Tracy Short — both high-ranking officials at the Executive Office for Immigration Review.

American Oversight obtained records showing that judges hired by the Executive Office of Immigration Review under the Trump administration mostly came from enforcement backgrounds — a pattern that has also emerged in the Biden administration.

Records from the U.S. Department of Justice in response to American Oversight's request for the Executive Office for Immigration Review's hiring documents of Immigration Judge Matthew O'Brien, who previously worked for the Federation for American Immigration Reform. These records include O'Brien's Quality Ranking Factor statement.

FOIA request to the Executive Office for Immigration Review seeking the hiring documents of Immigration Judge Matthew O'Brien, who previously worked for the Federation for American Immigration Reform.

FOIA to the Office of Personnel Management and the Executive Office for Immigration Review seeking records for political appointees converting to career status, including resumes and SF-50 forms.

FOIA request to the Executive Office for Immigration Review seeking communications of Chief Judge Tracy Short. This request was filed as part of our investigation into agency "burrowing."