DHS Records Relating to Family Separation from 2017 to 2019

Records from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) relating to family separation from 2017 to 2019. These records include communications about credible fear, asylum, and budget concerns, as well as emails regarding visits to detention centers by Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley regarding family separation.

Records received in July 2019

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6845646-DHS-USCIS-18-0360-A.html

Records received August 2019

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6420459-DHS-ReRecords-Regarding-Detention-Center-Visits.html

Page 10: Merkley’s visit to a detention facility is referred to as a “Hill Stunt.”

Records received September 2019

http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6779196-USCIS-Correspondence-Regarding-Credible-Fear.html

Page 425: In an email dated March 28, 2017, John Lafferty, then a high-ranking asylum official at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) sent an email referring to a report on asylum decision trends and factors as the “Hunger Games” report. 

Records received October 2019

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6881057-DHS-DHSHQ-18-0360-F.html

Records received November and December 2019

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6766764-ICE-Records-Relating-to-Family-Separation-from.html

Records received from Jan. 2020 to March 2020

Records received from June 2020

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7038565-DHS-USCIS-18-0360-T.html

Records received from September to December 2020

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20521884-dhs-records-relating-to-family-separation-from-2017-to-2019-part-8

Records received September 2021

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21094642-dhs-records-relating-to-family-separation-part-9

Records Received from March 2022 to August 2022

Records Received from September 2022 to March 2023