Topic: Immigration

FOIA to DHS and ICE Seeking Investigation Report Forms

June 10, 2020
FOIA to the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement seeking postmortem investigation report forms completed by contractors operating detention facilities where detainees have died.

FOIA to DHS and ICE Seeking Contractor Mortality Reviews

June 10, 2020
FOIA to the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement seeking mortality reviews conducted by healthcare contractors providing services at detention facilities where detainees have died.

FOIA to DHS and ICE Seeking Timelines of Events Related to Deaths in Custody

June 10, 2020
FOIA to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seeking timelines of events provided to the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties as part of the reporting process for deaths in ICE custody.

FOIA to ICE Seeking Directives on Detention Releases

June 9, 2020
FOIA to Immigration and Customs Enforcement seeking directives on detention releases that have the potential to shed light on the policies and procedures that govern releases from immigrant detention centers during the coronavirus pandemic.

Essex County, New Jersey, Emails Regarding Covid-19 in County Correctional Facility

June 8, 2020
Essex County, New Jersey, emails in response to American Oversight's request for communications between Essex County officials and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. These records include emails regarding Covid-19 in Essex County Correctional Facility and the U.S.-Mexico border wall.

HHS Withheld Records Response Regarding Emails Between Agency Officials and Stephen Miller

June 8, 2020
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services stated that it is withholding records responsive to American Oversight's request for email communications between high-ranking agency officials and White House Senior Advisor Stephen Miller.

Rejection from Essex County, NJ, Regarding Emails with ICE

June 8, 2020
Essex County, New Jersey, rejected American Oversight's request for email communications with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Yuma County, Ariz., Records Regarding Border Wall Construction

June 8, 2020
Records from the Yuma County Board of Supervisors in Arizona in response to American Oversight's request for Fisher Sand and Gravel’s plans to build a span of border barrier along the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.

No Records Response from Board of Immigration Appeals Regarding Communications with Jon Feere

June 6, 2020
Executive Office for Immigration Review stated that it had no records of Communications with Jon Feere American Oversight asked for communications with BIA member William A. Cassidy, V. Stuart Couch and others.

News Roundup: Trump and Barr Unleash Attack on Protesters — and the Constitution

June 5, 2020
The irony of protests against police brutality being met with violent escalation by law enforcement is perhaps matched only by the authoritarianism of the president and attorney general. 
(Photo: Ted Eytan)