FOIA Number: STATE-17-0186

State Department Records Regarding Mexico Relations and Wall Payments

March 7, 2018
Records from State in response to our FOIA seeking department preparations or plans to collect money from Mexico to pay for the construction of a border wall. These records also include briefing memos prepared by the State Department for former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's meetings with Mexican government officials in 2017. The memos include the issue of President Trump's border wall proposal under the heading "Watch Out For / If Raised."

American Oversight Sues State Department for Records Showing Efforts to Compel Mexico to Pay for Border Wall

October 31, 2017
American Oversight sued the State Department in order to obtain records related to communications and negotiations with the Mexican government regarding President Trump's ongoing claims that Mexico will pay for the proposed border wall.

FOIA Request to State Department Plans for Mexico to Pay for the Wall

June 16, 2017
Records of any State Department preparations or plans to collect money from Mexico to pay for the construction of a border wall.