FOIA Request
USCIS Expands Digital Delivery of FOIA Requests
USCIS announced the latest phase in the expansion of its FOIA Immigration Records System (FIRST). USCIS online account holders may now submit FOIA requests online for their own…
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…
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…
Provides that the alien “shall have access” to non-confidential A-file documents
The court found that INA §240(c)(2) which provides that the alien “shall have access” to non-confidential A-file documents compelled the government to provide such documents…
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…