Customs and Border Protection records relating to social media strategy. American Oversight sought these documents after CBP used #CatchOfTheDay to publicize individuals taken into custody by the agency.

The Department of Homeland Security stated that it had no records relating to American Oversight's request for records regarding the decision by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to use the term "Catch of the Day" to describe the arrests of undocumented immigrants.

Only so much distance can be created between McAleenan and his direct involvement in some of the Trump administration’s harshest immigration policies.

Response from the Department of Homeland Security stating that the department is withholding items responsive to American Oversight's request for records relating to the decision by Customs and Border Protection to use the term "Catch of the Day" to describe the arrests of undocumented immigrants.

In 2017, Kevin McAleenan tried to make himself the “public representative" of the administration's border wall and counter-immigration policies, and CBP officials responded quickly to a FOIA request about dehumanizing language.

American Oversight’s lawsuit against DHS to shed light on its use of a Twitter hashtag to publicize the arrest of undocumented immigrants.

In October 2017, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) tweeted a photo of four undocumented men who were arrested by the agency and captioned it with the hashtag “#CatchOfTheDay,” a phrase typically used to describe freshly caught fish.

American Oversight's lawsuit against Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to shed light on its use of a Twitter hashtag to publicize the arrest of undocumented immigrants. American Oversight also filed a lawsuit against DHS asking for the same information.

FOIA request to the Department of Homeland Security for records relating to the decision by Customs and Border Protection to use the term “Catch of the Day” to describe the arrests of undocumented immigrants.