FOIA Number: DOJ-USMS-18-0979

No Records Response from DOJ U.S. Marshals for Training and Guidance on Use of Tear Gas for Immigration Control, Reports of Violence by Migrants

March 19, 2019
No records response from the Department of Justice U.S. Marshals for training and/or guidance provided to U.S. government officials and active military on the use of tear gas for immigration control. Additionally, there were no records responsive to our request for records sufficient to identify all reports of violence by migrants reported by Border Patrol or active military officers on November 25, 2018.

American Oversight Launches Investigation of Administration’s Response to ‘Migrant Caravan’

December 19, 2018
American Oversight is investigating the violence at the U.S.-Mexico border as well as the Trump administration’s politicization of the so-called migrant caravan, which the president termed “an invasion,” in the run-up to the midterm elections.
San Ysidro

FOIA to USMS Seeking Records Related to Use of Tear Gas at the Border

December 18, 2018
FOIA to USMS records of any training given to government officials on the use of tear gas for immigration control.