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 In December, a federal judge ruled that ICE violated the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) when it denied immigration lawyers access to their client’s files. ICE’s reasoning was that the clients in ICE custody were “fugitives,” but that is not one of the stated exceptions under FOIA. ICE used this justification for denying FOIA requests at least 333 times between July 21, 2017 and April 4, 2019. As of this week, the government has about a month remaining to appeal the decision.

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The Seventh Circuit reversed the summary judgment in favor of USCIS and remanded, holding that USCIS failed to conduct an adequate search in response to the plaintiff’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, which sought “all documents reflecting statistics” about H-1B visa applications. USCIS responded to the request by providing a single data table it had created, later telling the plaintiff that more records would “only create additional confusion.”

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The Washington Post report

http://ow.ly/sx70W The Washington Post reports that in response to an ACLU FOIA lawsuit, federal prosecutors in New York say they cannot meet a judge’s demands to quickly deliver documents about thousands of immigrants who have been detained nationwide for months or years as their immigration statuses are reviewed.

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A settlement agreement was reached

A settlement agreement was reached in a lawsuit challenging USCIS’s policy of withholding asylum officer interview notes from FOIA responses. Under the agreement, USCIS must instruct employees involved in processing FOIA requests that asylum officer interview notes generally are to be produced.
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ICE statistics on the 287(g) program

ICE statistics on the 287(g) program including individuals identified for removal between 2006 and October 2011. ICE released the statistics on the online FOIA Reading Room.

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Obtaining Records through a FOIA from the BIA

Obtaining Records through a FOIA from the Board of Immigration Appeals – Avvo.com http://ping.fm/ZEdBH

Presentations on Secure Communities from 2009 and 2010 on its FOIA by the ICE

ICE released several presentations on Secure Communities from 2009 and 2010 on its FOIA Reading Room. The presentations include a Secure Communities Crash Course, Secure Communities v. 287(g), State and Local Coordination, and a fact sheet.

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