Under Trump, the ability of those escaping persecution or deadly violence to apply for asylum in the United States was drastically and dangerously curtailed. American Oversight is investigating the influences behind some of the Trump administration’s harshest anti-immigration policy changes, including the controversial Migrant Protection Protocols.

FOIA to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Administration for Children and Families, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Seeking Contents of a Meeting on Disease in Detention Centers

FOIA request to the Executive Office for Immigration Review for communications between certain members of the Board of Immigration Appeals and ICE Senior Advisor Jon Feere.

It shouldn’t be surprising that the president, who downplayed the crisis until just a few weeks ago, is once again avoiding taking responsibility.

FOIA request to the Department of Homeland Security for the resume and ethics documents, including conflicts of interests or ethics waivers, of Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott.

FOIA request the Department of State for records concerning the January 2020 decision to impose U.S. visa restrictions on Nigerian nationals.

FOIA request the Department of Homeland Security for records concerning the January 2020 decision to impose U.S. visa restrictions on Nigerian nationals.

American Oversight obtained documents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service concluding that a border wall would cause "serious and likely irreparable" damage to the refuges in the lower Rio Grande River valley and would undo tens of millions of dollars in investments made in stabilizing those refugees.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southwest Region stated it had no records of communications between select officials and representatives of Fisher Industries or We Build the Wall. Fisher Sand and Gravel won a $400 million contract to build a span of new barrier in Arizona.

We've been investigating the rollout of the 2020 census, including the Trump administration’s attempt to add a citizenship question and the misleading mailers sent by the Republican National Committee.