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Border Patrol agents made derogatory comments about migrants — including jokes about migrant deaths — in a Facebook group. See the story from @ProPublica here: propublica.org/article/secret…
In 2017, after we sent a FOIA about CBP's use of #CatchOfTheDay on Twitter to describe immigrants, an official had to remind employees that all people "should be treated humanely." americanoversight.org/documents-reve… 
At least 7 children have died in U.S. custody. We're suing for the release of senior officials’ communications — including those of former DHS Secretary Nielsen and Acting Secretary McAleenan — related to the deaths of individuals detained by DHS: americanoversight.org/lawsuit-seeks-…
NEW: We obtained new documents regarding Customs and Border Protection's 2017 use of the hashtag #CatchOfTheDay to describe immigrants apprehended at the border: americanoversight.org/documents-reve…
Prior productions from CBP showed that a week after the tweet and two days after our FOIA request, a CBP media officer had to remind employees not to use such dehumanizing language: buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfo…
The new set of emails reveal that CBP public affairs officials had a meeting in which they discussed a "request from NGO upset about twitter account referring to drug bust as ‘Catch of the Day.’” documentcloud.org/documents/5450…
There's less than a week until the Trump administration faces congressional subpoena power. We're counting down with a look back at what we uncovered in 2018 and a look ahead at what comes next: americanoversight.org/countdown-to-o…
American Oversight represented Maine Secretary of State Dunlap in his lawsuit seeking documents from Trump’s now-defunct voter fraud commission — documents that revealed the commission found no evidence of widespread fraud. americanoversight.org/voter-fraud-co…
Our FOIA requests revealed the true cost of Scott Pruitt’s $43,000 phone booth and caught Ben Carson in a lie about his $31,000 dining set. This oversight may have saved taxpayers hundreds of thousands in FEMA office renovations: americanoversight.org/accountability…
We've been investigating the conflicts of interest of Acting AG Whitaker and Assistant AG Benczkowski — and we're looking into whether William Barr's law firm had insider access to DOJ decision-making: americanoversight.org/news-round-up-…
We obtained records from DOJ showing that the assistant attorney general, who previously represented the Russian entity Alfa Bank, has recused himself from the Mueller investigation: americanoversight.org/assistant-atto…
This week, the Senate confirmed Kathy Kraninger to head CFPB. We're investigating her involvement in the administration's family-separation policy and the decision to reprogram funds from FEMA to DHS: americanoversight.org/documents?fwp_…
Today is the deadline for the administration to reunite 100 children under 5 with their families. But less than half will be reunited: cnn.com/2018/07/09/pol…
We're investigating the Trump administration's policy of separating families at the border and detaining children: americanoversight.org/investigation/…
These policies are being enacted after the Trump administration has repeatedly compared immigrants to animals. CBP even used the hashtag #CatchOfTheDay to describe men arrested at the border. We sued to find out more: americanoversight.org/watchdog-sues-…
