immigration advocacy groups filed a FOIA lawsuit against Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seeking information regarding the agency’s policies and practices that advocates say are fueling the missing persons crisis at the border. Along the border, law enforcement refer 911 calls for emergency assistance to CBP when the callers are Spanish-speaking, a practice that effectively makes it the primary emergency services provider along the border. Advocates say this is at odds with CPB’s explicit charge as an immigration enforcement agency. The advocacy groups filed FOIA requests in 2019, seeking data relating to these 911 calls, but CBP failed to produce any documents regarding the request. The current lawsuit seeks an order compelling the documents.
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