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 request to multiple Florida agencies seeking email communications and records reflecting any expenses and costs related to the specified officials' trip to the U.S.-Mexico border in July 2021.

FOIA request to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security seeking complaints submitted to the DHS Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) concerning migrant expulsions under Title 42.

FOIA request to the Department of State seeking complaints submitted to the State Department's Dissent Channel concerning migrant expulsions under Title 42.

FOIA request to the Department of State for former Senior Adviser Harold Koh's sent email and text message communications leading up to his resignation over Title 42.

FOIA request to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the State Department seeking any final assessments and/or impact analyses regarding public health justifications for Title 42, as well as any final memoranda or guidance discussing justifications for continuing Title 42.

FOIA request to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the State Department, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for top officials' sent email communications with White House or National Security Council officials regarding Title 42.

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.

We’ve written a lot about the Big Lie’s evolution — from fear-mongering about voter fraud to the attempts to subvert the 2020 election, to the ongoing partisan election reviews — and the network of activists who have been keeping this anti-democratic movement alive.