Topic: Immigration

CBP Records Released in Response to Request for Sworn Affidavits

February 26, 2021
Records released by the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection in response to American Oversight’s request for sworn affidavits collected by CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility regarding individuals who died in CBP custody.

In March 2020 Email to Azar, Nielsen Recommended Company That DHS Had Used to Conduct DNA Testing at the Border

February 25, 2021
American Oversight obtained communications showing that the former homeland security secretary recommended that HHS work with a private company that had participated in a 2019 pilot program to test immigrant families’ DNA.

No Records Response from DHS Regarding the Implementation of the Remain-In-Mexico Program

February 16, 2021
The Department of Homeland Security stated that it had no records responsive to American Oversight's request for records demonstrating how the government is implementing the Trump administration’s policy of forcing immigrants to remain in Mexico while their claims are processed.

No Records Response from DHS Regarding Senior Leadership MPP Communications

February 16, 2021
The Department of Homeland Security stated that it had no records responsive to American Oversight's request for email communications of Acting Secretary Chad Wolf, Chief of Staff Chad Mizelle, and Acting Deputy Director Ken Cuccinelli regarding the Migrant Protection Protocols, otherwise known as Remain in Mexico. This request also contains key terms related to other policies affecting asylum seekers at the southern border.

FOIA to Census Bureau Seeking Emails of Political Appointees with Anti-Voting and Anti-Immigrant Activists

February 11, 2021
FOIA request to the U.S. Census Bureau seeking emails of political appointees with voting-restriction and anti-immigrant activists.

Covid-19 Oversight News: Vaccine Inequity, Super Bowl Parties, and CARES Act Oversight

February 8, 2021
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News Roundup: New Voting-Restriction Bills and the Upcoming Round of Redistricting

February 5, 2021
The anti-democratic forces that fed Trump’s stolen-election lie are at work across the country.

No Records Response from DHS Regarding MPP

February 2, 2021
The Department of Homeland Security stated that it had no records responsive to American Oversight's request for relating to changes to asylum processing under the Migrant Protection Protocols, which would require migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border to wait in Mexico while their cases are pending.

DHS Records Released in Response to Request for Daily Reports Pertaining to Deaths in Custody

January 29, 2021
Records released by the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Patrol in response to American Oversight’s request for daily reports from CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility’s Investigative Operations Division pertaining to individuals who died in CBP custody.