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N.H. ACLU Sues ICE for Not Providing Information on Immigration Enforcement

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The American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire is suing the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for failing to provide records relating to immigration enforcement.

 

The Maine and Vermont ACLU affiliates are also plaintiffs on the case.

 

The civil liberties advocate says it filed a Freedom of Information Act request in September of 2017 asking for records relating to ICE andCBPenforcement actions in Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire.

 

The ACLU says it has so far received a one-page response showing the number of arrests made but no records or communications relating to specific cases.

 

“It's important for the public to know what immigration officials are doing in our communities, that's what ourFOIArequest was about and that's what this lawsuit is about,” says GillesBissonnette, Legal Director for the New Hampshire ACLU.

 

Bissonnette points to ICE's attempt to deport dozens of Indonesians living in the Seacoast region as part of the reason behind the request for information.

 

“Since the incoming administration, we've seen unprecedented immigration enforcement activities in this area,”Bissonnettesays. “We want documents concerning those activities.”

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Robert comes to NHPR’s newsroom from Los Angeles, where he worked as a reporter for member-station KPCC and a producer/director on APM’s Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal.
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