ICE Can Shield Some Immigration Records From Conservative Group

Immigration and Customs Enforcement must give the conservative nonprofit America First Legal Foundation some information about immigrants subject to removal, a federal court said.

But ICE may withhold from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act immigrants’ names, docket numbers, and arrest locations, Judge Randolph D. Moss said Monday for the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

ICE developed a priority list for its removal cases in 2021, with individuals who posed a threat to national security and public safety and those who entered the US unlawfully at the top, Moss said. ICE personnel drafted a spreadsheet report ...